• The Statistical Report 2010
• Report Introduction
  • Introduction
  • Report structure
  • Report conventions
    • Working age
    • Naming of assistance
    • Data sources
    • Aggregations used
    • Expenditure
    • Transfers between benefits
    • Civil unions
    • Pensions
    • Unemployment
• Overall trends
  • Numbers receiving assistance
    • Summary Trends
    • Population proportion receiving assistance
    • Historic numbers of recipients, 1940–2010
  • Expenditure on financial assistance
    • Summary expenditure trends
    • Historic expenditure, 1940–2010
  • Administration of assistance
    • Income testing
    • Other income declared
    • Work testing
    • Personal Development and Employment Plan
• Main benefits
  • Introduction – main benefits
    • Definition – main benefits
    • Eligibility – main benefits
  • Payment rates – main benefits
  • Trends – main benefits
    • Number of recipients – main benefits
    • Grants – Main benefits
    • Cancellations – main benefits
    • Transfers between main benefits
    • Distribution of expenditure – main benefits
  • Children dependent on beneficiaries
    • Introduction – dependent children
    • Numbers of dependent children
    • Proportion of children dependent
  • Other income declared by recipients
    • Introduction – other income declared
    • Numbers declaring other income
  • Unemployment Benefits
    • Definition – Unemployment Benefits
    • Eligibility – Unemployment Benefits
    • Number of recipients – Unemployment Benefit
    • Proportion of population – Unemployment Benefit
    • Grants – Unemployment Benefits
    • Cancellations – Unemployment Benefits
    • Transfers to other benefits – Unemployment Benefits
    • Expenditure – Unemployment Benefits
  • Other unemployment-associated benefits
    • Definition – other unemployment-associated benefits
    • Eligibility – other unemployment-associated benefits
    • Number of recipients – other unemployment-associated benefit
    • Proportion of population – other unemployment-associated benefit
    • Grants – other unemployment-associated benefits
    • Cancellations – other unemployment-associated benefits
  • Domestic Purposes Benefits
    • Definition – Domestic Purposes Benefits
    • Eligibility – Domestic Purposes Benefit
    • Number of recipients – Domestic Purposes Benefit
    • Proportion of population – Domestic Purposes Benefit
    • Grants – Domestic Purposes Benefits
    • Cancellations – Domestic Purposes Benefits
    • Transfers to other benefits – Domestic Purposes Benefits
    • Expenditure – Domestic Purposes Benefits
  • Sickness Benefits
    • Definition – Sickness Benefits
    • Eligibility – Sickness benefit
    • Number of recipients – Sickness Benefit
    • Proportion of population – Sickness Benefit
    • Grants – Sickness Benefits
    • Cancellations – Sickness Benefits
    • Transfers to other benefits – Sickness Benefits
    • Expenditure – Sickness Benefits
  • Invalid’s Benefit
    • Eligibility – Invalid’s Benefit
    • Number of recipients – Invalid’s Benefit
    • Proportion of population – Invalid’s Benefit
    • Grants – Invalid's Benefit
    • Cancellations – Invalid's Benefit
    • Transfers form other benefits – Invalid's Benefit
    • Expenditure – Invalid's Benefit
  • Widow’s Benefit
    • Eligibility – Widow’s Benefit
    • Number of recipients – Widow’s Benefit
    • Proportion of population – Widow’s Benefit
    • Grants – Widow's Benefit
    • Cancellations – Widow's Benefit
    • Transfers to other benefits – Widow's Benefit
    • Expenditure – Widow's Benefit
  • Emergency Benefit
    • Eligibility – Emergency Benefit
    • Number of recipients – Emergency Benefit
    • Proportion of population – Emergency Benefit
    • Grants – Emergency Benefit
    • Cancellations – Emergency Benefit
    • Transfers to other benefits – Emergency Benefit
• Supplementary benefits
  • Introduction – supplementary benefits
    • Purpose – supplementary benefits
    • Eligibility – supplementary benefits
  • Payment rates – supplementary benefits
  • Accommodation Supplement
    • Costs covered – Accommodation Supplement
    • Eligibility – Accommodation Supplement
    • Number of recipients – Accommodation Supplement
    • Proportion of population – Accommodation Supplement
    • Grants – Accommodation Supplement
    • Expenditure – Accommodation Supplements
  • Tenure Protection Allowance
  • Special Transfer Allowance
  • Away from Home Allowance
  • Unsupported Child’s Benefit and Orphan’s Benefit
    • Costs covered – Unsupported Child’s Benefit and Orphan’s Benefit
    • Eligibility – Unsupported Child's Benefit and Orphan's Benefit
    • Number of recipients – Unsupported Child’s Benefit or Orphan’s Benefit
    • Number of children – Unsupported Child’s Benefit or Orphan’s Benefit
    • Proportion of children – Unsupported Child’s Benefit or Orphan’s Benefit
    • Grants – Unsupported Child’s Benefits and Orphan’s Benefits
    • Expenditure – Unsupported Child’s Benefits and Orphan’s Benefits
  • Childcare assistance
    • Introduction – Childcare assistance
    • Childcare Subsidy
    • OSCAR Subsidy
    • Expenditure – Childcare Assistance
  • Disability Allowance
    • Costs covered – Disability Allowance
    • Eligibility – Disability Allowance
    • Number of recipients – Disability Allowance
    • Proportion of population – Disability Allowance
    • Grants – Disability Allowance
    • Expenditure – Disability Allowance
  • Child Disability Allowance
    • Costs covered – Child Disability Allowance
    • Eligibility – Child Disability Allowance
    • Number of children – Child Disability Allowance
    • Proportion of children – Child Disability Allowance
    • Grants – Child Disability Allowance
    • Expenditure – Child Disability Allowance
  • Training Incentive Allowance
    • Costs covered – Training Incentive Allowance
    • Eligibility – Training Incentive Allowance
    • Number of recipients – Training Incentive Allowance
    • Expenditure – Training Incentive Allowance
  • Temporary Additional Support and Special Benefit
    • Temporary Additional Support
    • Special Benefit
    • Number of recipients – Temporary Additional Support or a Special Benefit
    • Proportion of population – Temporary Additional Support or a Special Benefit
    • Grants – Temporary Additional Support or Special Benefit
    • Expenditure – Temporary Additional Support and Special Benefit
  • The ReStart Package
    • Introduction – ReStart Package
    • Number of recipients – ReStart assistance
    • Expenditure – ReStart package
  • Residential Care Subsidy and Residential Support Subsidy
    • Introduction – Residential Care Subsidy and Residential Support Subsidy
    • Residential Care Subsidy
    • Residential Support Subsidy
• Hardship assistance
  • Introduction – hardship assistance
  • Costs covered and eligibility criteria – hardship assistance
    • Special Needs Grants
    • Recoverable Assistance Payments
    • Benefit advances
  • Number of payments and expenditure – hardship assistance
    • Number of payments – hardship assistance
    • Number of payments – Special Needs Grants and benefit advances
    • Reasons – hardship payments
    • Expenditure – hardship payments
• Employment services
  • Introduction – employment services
    • Definition – employment services
    • Eligibility – employment services
  • Job Opportunities
    • Introduction – Job Opportunities
    • Eligibility – Job Opportunities
  • Community Max
    • Introduction – Community Max
    • Eligibility – Community Max
  • Number of participants – Job Opps and Community Max
  • Registered job seekers
  • Job Search Service
  • Transition to Work assistance
    • Introduction – Transition to Work assistance?
    • Transition to Work Grants
    • Work Start Grant
    • Pathways Payment
    • New Employment Transition Grant
    • Seasonal Work Assistance
    • Number of payments – Transition to Work assistance
    • Expenditure – Transition to Work assistance
  • Course Participation Assistance
    • Introduction – Course Participation Assistance
    • Eligibility – Course Participation Assistance
    • Payment rates – Course Participation Assistance
    • Number of recipients – Course Participation Assistance
    • Payment reasons – Course Participation Assistance
    • Expenditure – Course Participation Assistance
• Superannuation and pensions
  • Introduction – New Zealand Superannuation and pensions
  • War Disablement Pension
  • New Zealand Superannuation
    • Eligibility – New Zealand Superannuation
    • Payment rates – New Zealand Superannuation
    • Number of recipients – New Zealand Superannuation
    • Proportion of population – New Zealand Superannuation
    • Grants – New Zealand Superannuation
    • Expenditure – New Zealand Superannuation
  • Veteran’s Pension
    • Background – Veteran’s Pension
    • Eligibility – Veteran's Pension
    • Payment rates – Veteran’s Pension
    • Number of recipients – Veteran’s Pension
    • Proportion of population – Veteran’s Pension
    • Grants – Veteran's Pension
    • Expenditure – Veteran’s Pension
• Child, Youth and Family
  • Introduction – Child, Youth and Family
  • Care and Protection Services
    • Scope – Care and Protection Services
    • Description – Care and Protection Services
    • Engagement and assessment – Care and Protection Services
    • Seeking Safety and Security – Care and Protection Services
    • Securing Stability and Wellbeing – Care and Protection Services
  • Youth Justice Services
    • Scope – Youth Justice Services
    • Description – Youth Justice Services
    • Engagement and assessment – Youth Justice Services
    • Safety and belonging – Youth Justice Services
    • Changing Behaviour and Enhancing Wellbeing – Youth Justice Services
  • Children and young people assisted
    • Introduction – Children and young people assisted by CYF
    • Number of current clients
• Services to students
  • Services provided
  • Student Allowance
    • Introduction – Student Allowance
    • Eligibility – Student Allowance
    • Payment rates – Student Allowance
    • Number of recipients – Student Allowance
    • Expenditure – Student Allowance
    • Accommodation Benefit
  • Student Loan
    • Costs covered – Student Loan
    • Number of recipients – Student Loan
    • Reasons for drawing loans – Student Loan
  • Scholarships
    • Step Up Scholarships
    • Bonded Merit Scholarships
    • Other scholarships
  • Benefits available
    • Main benefits through StudyLink
    • Supplementary assistance
  • Student Job Search
  • Student Allowance Transfer Grant
    • Definition – Student Allowance Transfer Grant
    • Eligibility – Student Allowance Transfer Grant
    • Payment rates – Student Allowance Transfer Grant
    • Number of payments – Student Allowance Transfer Grant
    • Expenditure on Student Allowance Transfer Grants
• Other services
  • Community Services Card
    • Introduction and eligibility – Community Services Card
    • Services Subsidised – Community Services Cards
    • Number on issue –Community Services Card
  • SuperGold Card
    • Introduction and eligibility – SuperGold Card
    • Business partners – SuperGold Card
    • Number on issue – SuperGold Card
  • International Services
    • Payment of New Zealand assistance overseas
    • Social security agreements
    • Special portability for Pacific countries
    • General portability
    • Numbers of payments overseas
    • Foreign pensions paid into New Zealand
  • Integrity Services
    • Benefit fraud and abuse investigations
    • Data-matching programmes
    • Clients owing balances
• Appendices
  • Numbers receiving assistance – population age groups
• List of tables
• List of graphs
• Alphabetical subject list

Page last updated: 04 August 2011