Estimates of appropriations

Vote Sport and Recreation - Estimates of Appropriations 2012/13 - Estimates 2012/2013

MINISTER(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROPRIATIONS: Minister for Sport and Recreation (M64)

ADMINISTERING DEPARTMENT: Ministry for Culture and Heritage

MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR MINISTRY FOR CULTURE AND HERITAGE: Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage

Overview of the Vote#

Part 1.1 - Overview of the Vote

The Minister for Sport and Recreation is responsible for appropriations in the Vote for the 2012/13 financial year covering the following:

  • a total of over $58 million for support for High Performance Sport, supplied by Sport New Zealand
  • a total of over $4 million to provide scholarships enabling talented New Zealanders to pursue tertiary study and elite level sport development concurrently, and/or to develop skills that contribute to the quality of New Zealand's sport performance at the elite level
  • a total of over $19 million for a wide range of functions to benefit sport and physical recreation within New Zealand, and policy advice on sport and physical recreation matters, supplied by Sport New Zealand
  • a total of over $2 million for the drug testing of sports persons, providing information and education on the anti-doping regime, and servicing international anti-doping arrangements, supplied by Drug Free Sport New Zealand (DFSNZ)
  • a total of $44,000 for miscellaneous grants supporting sport and recreation activity, and
  • a total of $318,000 for advice on the performance of sport and recreation Crown entities, and support for board appointment processes, supplied by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.

Details of these appropriations are set out in Parts 2-6 for Vote Sport and Recreation in the Information Supporting the Estimates of Appropriations.

Details of Appropriations#

Details of Annual and Permanent Appropriations

Details of Annual and Permanent Appropriations - Sport and Recreation
  2011/12 2012/13
Titles and Scopes of Appropriations by Appropriation Type Budgeted
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Departmental Output Expenses

     

Purchase Advice and Monitoring of Sport and Recreation Crown Entities (M64)

This appropriation is limited to provision of purchase advice and monitoring of Sport New Zealand and DFSNZ, including advice in relation to appointments to boards.
323 323 318

Total Departmental Output Expenses

323 323 318

Non-Departmental Output Expenses

     

High Performance Sport (M64)

This appropriation is limited to delivery of initiatives aimed at improved sports performance at the elite level.
53,338 53,338 58,192

Sport and Recreation Programmes (M64)

This appropriation is limited to delivery of programmes in accordance with Sport New Zealand's statutory functions to promote, encourage and support sport and recreation in New Zealand, and the provision of policy advice on and information relating to sport and recreation, including ministerial servicing.
19,151 19,151 19,151

Sports Anti-Doping (M64)

This appropriation is limited to purchasing from Drug Free Sport New Zealand the provision of: drug testing of sports persons; investigations of possible anti-doping rule violations; information and education on the anti-doping regime; and international anti-doping obligations and related activities.
2,093 2,093 2,239

Total Non-Departmental Output Expenses

74,582 74,582 79,582

Non-Departmental Other Expenses

     

Miscellaneous Grants (M64)

Discretionary funding is provided on application to groups, individuals and organisations that are unable to obtain support through organisations such as Sport New Zealand, local government, or the New Zealand Lottery Grants Board, to support sports-related initiatives including participation in sport and recreation activities.
294 294 44

Prime Minister's Sport Scholarships (M64)

This appropriation is limited to sport scholarships to enable talented New Zealanders to pursue tertiary study and elite sport development and/or to develop skills that contribute to the quality of New Zealand's sport performance at the elite level.
4,250 4,250 4,250

Rugby New Zealand 2011 Limited (M64)

This appropriation is limited to meeting the final forecast losses from the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
2,500 2,500 -

Total Non-Departmental Other Expenses

7,044 7,044 4,294

Total Annual and Permanent Appropriations

81,949 81,949 84,194