Cabinet papers - Information releases

The paper outlines the next steps needed to strengthen independence and monitoring of the oversight of the Oranga Tamariki system.

These papers are about changes to welfare settings to support people off benefit and into work and contribute to the jobseeker reduction target. They seek agreement to implement a Traffic Light System for benefit recipients and introduce a 26-week application for Jobseeker Support.

Amendments to the Social Security Regulations 2018, the Residential Care and Disability Support Services Regulations 2018, and the Student Allowances Regulations 1998, are required to ensure FamilyBoost tax credit payments are not considered as income or a cash asset for assistance administered by the Ministry for Social Development, for 12 months from receipt of each FamilyBoost payment.

The Cabinet paper sought approval for consequential amendments to the Social Security Regulations 2018 as a result of establishing the new Emergency Housing Grants Programme. These amendments were minor and technical, updating provisions to reference the Emergency Housing Grants Programme instead of the Special Needs Grants Programme, and add a new clause to ensure existing regulations will continue to apply to people who are paying EH contribution under current settings. 

This Cabinet paper sought agreement to set the third round of the three-year intermediate child poverty targets by June 2024, as required by the Child Poverty Reduction Act 2018.

The Cabinet paper ‘Student Allowances Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2024’ seeks approval to submit the Student Allowances Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2024 to the Executive Council, which will maintain the current abatement regime for Student Allowance payments for students under 24 years of age once personal income tax thresholds are increased on 31 July 2024

This paper seeks approval of the proposed Government response to the petition of Brian Webb, entitled “Align Weekly Earnings to Eight Hours of the Minimum Wage Before Reducing Benefits.” 

The Children’s Act 2014 requires the Government to adopt, publish and review a Strategy for improving the well-being of children. The Minister for Child Poverty Reduction intends to undertake targeted consultation on specific elements of an updated Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy, to refresh the Strategy.

The Cabinet paper seeks Cabinet Legislation Committee’s authorisation to submit the Amendment Regulations to the Executive Council to make the routine technical adjustments to the Residential Care Subsidy settings to account for inflation in accordance with the Consumers Price Index as part of the 2024 Annual General Adjustment.

These papers outline initial steps to end the large-scale and long-term use of motels for emergency housing (EH) and immediate actions to get families out of EH and into permanent housing more quickly.

The purpose of this paper is to provide a report back on the progress of the Ministry of Social Development’s (MSD’s) implementation of the Te Haoroa Data Warehouse Replacement Programme (Te Haoroa).

The paper seeks agreement to amendments to the Social Security Regulations 2018 to allow parents and caregivers access to the Childcare Subsidy to pay for top-up payments required by home-based educators for 20 Hours ECE from 3 June 2024.

 Amendments to the Social Security Regulations are required to ensure that the increased scope of TAA recipients would not have their existing financial assistance impacted by TAA payments.

Introducing a phased approach to strengthen independence and monitoring of the oversight of the Oranga Tamariki System.

The Government is required to respond to the report of the Petitions Committee on the Petition of Andrew Wilson: Rezone Accommodation Supplement Eligibility for Queenstown Residents.