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Budget 2015 - Education

Budget 2015 - Education

This table outlines the New Zealand Government's planned education spending for the 2015/16 budget year.

Actual spending for the previous four years is on the left.

The numbers are drawn from Vote Education, Vote Tertiary Education and Vote Education Review

Links to the primary source used, from Treasury's website, can be found at the bottom of the page.

Please note that some of the allocation titles have been shortened for the sake of space. Also some of the previous items recorded under the heading of Education are no longer included in this section.

Figures for each allocation are in millions of NZ$.                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Actual 2011/12
Actual 2012/13
Actual 2013/14
Actual 2014/15 Education and ERO:
Budget 2015/16
%
NZ$m
NZ$m
NZ$m
       
65.142
0.000
0.000
0.000 Adult and Community Education    
26.647
21.893
0.000
0.000 Early Childhood grants, support    
3.500
3.650
1.625
0.000 Mapihi Pounamu    
0.000
0.000
0.400
0.000 Reimbursement of fees to ComputerPower students    
33.739
26.647
0.000
0.000 Strategic Leadership in the Sector    
12.885
7.863
0.000
0.000 Strategic Leadership in the Tertiary System    
0.150
0.000
0.000
0.000 Support for Int'l students    
1.000
1.000
1.500
0.000 Tertiary education institutions merger support    
0.357
0.156
0.237
0.116 Interest subsidy for schools    
0.178
0.178
0.178
0.178 New Zealand Teachers Council    
1.600
0.800
1.040
0.800 International student scholarships    
0.000
2.450
1.192
1.182 University of Auckland Starpath project    
1.290
1.290
1.290
1.290 Study Abroad awards    
1.661
1.500
2.562
1.549 Property Disposal Incentives     
2.567
2.567
2.567
2.567 Monitoring tertiary institutions    
0.000
5.500
5.500
3.000 The Network for Learning     
3.008
3.008
3.008
3.008 Education Research     
2.419
3.404
3.640
3.640 Service academies    
0.000
1.600
26.611
10.150 Apprenticeships re-boot    
0.000
0.000
0.000
15.763 Payroll Services    
21.400
22.392
19.817
19.027 National Study Awards    
0.000
0.000
6.100
22.200 School Managed Network     
0.000 23.046 50.858 55.625 Secondary-Tertiary interface    
0.050 0.050 0.050 0.050 United World scholarships 0.050 0.0
0.357 0.156 0.237 0.116 Interest subsidy for schools 0.119 0.0
1.880 1.880 0.000 1.880 School support project 0.500 0.0
0.754 0.689 0.645 0.535 School transport bus controllers 0.530 0.0
1.600 0.800 1.040 0.800 International student scholarship 0.800 0.0
0.000 0.250 0.250 0.920 Literacy & Numeracy Assessment 0.825 0.0
11.135 3.505 0.825 4.460 Teacher Trainee Scholarships 1.000 0.0
0.000 0.000 0.576 1.152 Puawaitanga Scholarships 1.152 0.0
1.288 1.288 1.288 1.288 Remission of Fees 1.288 0.0
1.290 1.290 1.290 1.290 Study Abroad awards 1.290 0.0
1.381 1.715 1.307 0.968 Education Review Office - CapEx 1.500 0.0
0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Teacher-Led Innovation Fund 2.000 0.0
2.083
2.083
2.083
2.083 UNESCO 2.083 0.0
0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Ed. Council of Aotearoa NZ 2.178 0.0
0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Ownership Monitoring of Tertiary institutions 2.567 0.0
0.000 0.000 18.900 0.000 Support for Apprentices 3.000 0.0
3.008 3.008 3.008 3.008 Education Research  3.008 0.0
3.348 3.208 3.852 3.136 Quality of Education Reports and Services 3.149 0.0
2.419 3.404 3.640 3.640 Service academies 3.640 0.0
3.837 3.837 3.837 3.837 Tertiary Ed. & training policy advice 3.837 0.0
3.714 4.126 4.126 4.126 Scholarships to attend private schools 4.126 0.0
4.370 4.370 4.761 4.774 Quality Assurance 4.774 0.0
5.262 6.076 6.268 5.711 Supporting Parenting 4.861 0.0
5.564 5.577 4.882 5.128 Home Schooling Allowances 5.128 0.0
8.964 7.884 7.462 5.735 Schooling Improvement 5.715 0.0
6.049 6.076 6.049 6.049 Qualifications Support  6.049 0.0
7.819 7.669 8.514 11.319 Boarding Alncs & Bursaries 11.319 0.1
14.172 11.824 14.543 13.167 Support and Resources for Parents and the Community 13.127 0.1
14.242 11.545 12.754 12.919 Tertiary Scholarships & Awards 13.936 0.1
15.318 14.784 14.872 14.835 Schools & Other Education Service Providers 15.081 0.1
0.000 16.628 17.123 17.000 Policy Advice 16.848 0.0
21.400 22.392 19.817 19.027 National Study Awards 18.364 0.1
20.636 16.319 20.325 22.730 Schools Furniture and Equipment 21.864 0.2
9.910 9.627 28.378 24.895 Early Childhood Ed.Services 22.576 0.2
23.751 25.031 23.759 23.937 Info & Advisory Serv. 23.766 0.2
0.000 0.000 33.876 31.293 Stewardship of the Ed.System 25.672 0.2
26.480
26.480
26.480
26.480 Secondary School Assessments 26.480 0.2
15.223
25.622
31.382
31.122 International Ed.Programmes 30.122 0.2
0.000 0.000 6.100 22.200 School Managed Network Funding 31.750 0.2
37.754 29.127 24.296 24.217 Tertiary Ed. Grants & Other Funding 32.120 0.2
35.912
33.882
41.891
40.845 Managing Inv. in Tertiary Sector 40.064 0.3
33.716 31.690 32.754 40.586 Centres of Research Excellence 50.705 0.4
62.922
60.824
59.039
63.556 Curriculum Support 64.400 0.5
57.289
58.251
57.702
65.679 Integrated Schools Property 65.538 0.5
67.126
71.475
68.214
75.430 Support & Resources for Teachers 70.215 0.5
0.000 54.292 62.703 71.159 Community Education 72.923 0.5
0.000 0.000
9.690
10.110 Stewardship of Tertiary system 74.382 0.5
0.000
0.000
110.000
100.000 Support for University of Canterbury 100.000 0.7
87.982
88.168
94.909
102.931 Professional Develop. & Support 100.392 0.7
81.743
96.291
112.842
69.809 Support & Resources for Ed. Providers 102.519 0.7
171.749
176.506
176.383
182.730 School Transport 186.172 1.3
255.192
263.651
275.037
267.765 Interventions for Target Student Groups 283.286 2.0
250.000
256.250
268.750
281.250 Perf. Based Research Fund 293.750 2.1
244.164
253.356
312.858
334.411 Training for Designated Groups 321.080 2.3
321.443
339.765
335.771
335.018 Special Needs Support 351.779 2.5
501.183
550.511
526.798
662.962 Capital Expenditure 941.627 6.8
1,353.888
1,416.162
1,463.012
1,441.060 School Property Management 1,537.786 11.1
1,312.418
1,415.292
1,515.337
1,582.882 Early Childhood Education 1,663.427 12.0
2,004.862
2,021.760
2,028.418
2,063.391 Tertiary Education 2,079.638 15.0
2,028.020
2,056.493
2,027.064
2,060.909 Secondary Education 2,092.106 15.1
2,737.794
2,785.758
2,769.653
2,884.314 Primary Education 3,001.251 21.7
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$12,028.10
$12,406.60
$12,800.41
$13,182.6 Totals: $13,861.234 100.0

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Sources: http://www.budget.govt.nz/budget/2015/by/vote/index.htm

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