Vote Immigration - Supplementary Estimates 2014/15

Details of Appropriations and Capital Injections#

Annual and Permanent Appropriations#

Supporting Information#

Part 1 - Vote as a Whole#

1.2 - Trends in the Vote

Summary of Financial Activity

Part 2 - Details of Departmental Appropriations#

2.1 - Departmental Output Expenses

Immigration Services (M38)

Scope of Appropriation

Expenses and Revenue

Reasons for Change in Appropriation

This appropriation increased by $8.245 million to $218.799 million in 2014/15. The increase mainly relates to:

• $13.747 million in 2014/15 for continued increases in visa volumes primarily related to Asian visitor markets and also in the residence and work areas
• $616,000 in 2014/15 from a transfer from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade to support the secretariat for the Pacific Immigration Directors Conference, and
• $382,000 in 2014/15 from a transfer from the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade for delivery of the Pacific Regional Immigration Identity Project and Pacific Customs, Immigration, Police Intelligence Officer programme.

This is partially offset by:

• a one-off operating to capital swap of $5 million for the Immigration Global Management System to facilitate language capability customer facing presence in markets such as China and Indonesia, and
• $1.500 million transfer to departmental output expense - Refugee and Protection Services to reflect an overhead allocation change for additional legal costs.

Refugee and Protection Services (M38)

Scope of Appropriation

Expenses and Revenue

What is Intended to be Achieved with this Appropriation

This appropriation is intended to achieve implementation of New Zealand's international obligations to refugees and protected persons.

Reasons for Change in Appropriation

This appropriation increased by $1.500 million to $20.190 million due to a transfer from departmental output expense - Immigration Services to reflect an overhead allocation change for additional legal costs.

Regulation of Immigration Advisers (M38)

Scope of Appropriation

Expenses and Revenue

What is Intended to be Achieved with this Appropriation

This appropriation is intended to achieve certainty and confidence for the industry and public that immigration advisors are fully competent and contribute to bringing the best people to New Zealand with ease.

Reasons for Change in Appropriation

This appropriation increased by $200,000 to $2.716 million in 2014/15. The increase relates to:

• $350,000 in 2014/15 to allow for a bad debt to be written off arising from penalties and costs against advisers from the Immigration Advisers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal, and
• $200,000 in 2014/15 from a transfer from multi-category expense and capital expenditure - Policy Advice and Related Outputs - Ministerial Services to meet cost pressures from increased activity in this area.

The increase was partly offset by a transfer of $350,000 to non-departmental other expense - Crown debt impairment to allow for a bad debt to be written off arising from penalties and costs against advisers from the immigration Advisers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal.

Part 3 - Details of Non-Departmental Appropriations#

3.4 - Non-Departmental Other Expenses

Crown debt impairment (M38)

Scope of Appropriation

Expenses

What is Intended to be Achieved with this Appropriation

This appropriation is intended to achieve the write off of debt owed to the Crown that are deemed doubtful or unreliable.

End of Year Performance Reporting

An exemption was granted under s15D(2)(b)(iii) of the Public Finance Act as the amount of this annual appropriation for a non-departmental other expense is less than $5 million.

Reasons for Change in Appropriation

This appropriation was established in 2014/15 from a transfer from departmental output expense - Regulation of Immigration Advisers to allow for a bad debt to be written off arising from penalties and costs against advisers from the immigration Advisers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal.

Part 4 - Details of Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure#

Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure

Policy Advice and Related Outputs (M38)

Overarching Purpose Statement

Scope of Appropriation

Reasons for Change in Appropriation

Ministerial Services

This category decreased by $200,000 to $1.176 million for 2014/15. The decrease relates to a transfer to departmental output expense - Regulation of Immigration Advisers to meet cost pressures from increased activity in this area.