Social Development and Employment Portfolio

Oral questions - recent two months

Work and Income—Improved Services 15 Dec 2009
Summer School Holiday Programmes—Progress 10 Dec 2009
Social Development and Employment, Minister—Statements 26 Nov 2009
Benefits—Children’s Social Health Monitor Baseline Report 25 Nov 2009
Family/Whānau Violence
- Preventive Initiatives 15 Dec 2009
- Preventative Initiatives 25 Nov 2009
Youth Unemployment
- Job Ops Scheme 24 Nov 2009
- Job Ops Scheme 24 Nov 2009
Unemployment—Effect on Youth of Government Policies 19 Nov 2009
Child Abuse and Neglect—Prevention Initiatives 19 Nov 2009
Job Ops and Community Max Schemes—Progress 19 Nov 2009
Whānau Ora—Purpose and Outcomes 18 Nov 2009
Child Welfare and Youth Justice—Whānau First 17 Nov 2009

Older oral questions

New Zealand Superannuation—Legislative Changes 29 Oct 2009
United Nations Human Development Report—New Zealand Results (advance) 28 Oct 2009
Benefits, Invalids and Sickness—Management (advance) 28 Oct 2009
Community Max—Progress (advance) 15 Oct 2009
Job Ops Scheme—Reports (advance) 15 Sep 2009
Children, Vulnerable—Protection (advance) 10 Sep 2009
Youth Programmes—Places (advance) 27 Aug 2009
Benefits and Allowances—Access 19 Aug 2009
Youth Employment
- Youth Opportunities Package (advance) 21 Oct 2009
- Job Ops Scheme (advance) 25 Aug 2009
- Youth Opportunities Package 18 Aug 2009
Job Ops and Community Max Schemes—Access 5 Aug 2009
Youth Unemployment—Estimates 4 Aug 2009
Youth Job Opportunities—Employer Subsidy 4 Aug 2009
Mothers, Solo—Paid Employment 28 Jul 2009
Health Camps—Funding 23 Jul 2009
Unemployment, Increase—Government Policies 21 Jul 2009
Employment Scheme, McDonald’s—Government Subsidy 1 Jul 2009
Domestic Purposes Benefit—Policy Decisions 18 Jun 2009
Budget 2009—Ministry of Social Development 16 Jun 2009
Community Response Fund—Reports 16 Jun 2009
Self-responsibility—Minister’s Comment 4 Jun 2009
Pathways to Partnership—Funding 2 Jun 2009
Communities—Community Response Fund 27 May 2009
Parents, Teenage—Employment (advance) 6 May 2009
Parents, Working—Government Initiatives 9 Apr 2009
Government—Willingness to Listen to Ideas 24 Mar 2009
Job Support Scheme
- Reports 12 Mar 2009
- Wage Replacement 12 Mar 2009
Non-governmental Organisations
- Minister’s Statements 5 May 2009
- Funding 3 Mar 2009
Sealord Plant, Nelson—Job Losses 3 Mar 2009
Employment Probation Periods—Work and Income Support 3 Mar 2009
Recession
- Government Assistance for Affected Workers 22 Jul 2009
- Unemployment 25 Mar 2009
- Job Support Scheme 11 Mar 2009
- Advice or Assistance for Affected Workers 17 Feb 2009
Fresh Start—Expected Outcomes 17 Feb 2009
Young Offenders
- Boot Camps 12 May 2009
- Boot Camps 30 Apr 2009
- Fresh Start 17 Feb 2009
Social Services
- Contracting Arrangements (advance) 16 Sep 2009
- Savings 12 Feb 2009
Government Initiatives—Implementation (advance) 23 Sep 2008
Social Outcomes—Trends (advance) 28 Aug 2008
Māori Child Poverty—Government Interventions 7 Aug 2008
Social Trends—Recent Advice 7 Aug 2008
Community Organisations—Funding 24 Jul 2008
Poverty Reduction—Government Action 3 Jul 2008
Invalids and Sickness Beneficiaries—Paid Employment 28 May 2008
Benefit System—Government Actions 15 May 2008
Children and Families—Improvement in Outcomes 10 Apr 2008
Children’s Commissioner—Confidence 9 Apr 2008
Benefits and Superannuation—Rates 1 Apr 2008
Debt, Beneficiary—Increases 20 Mar 2008
Families Commission
- Appointment of Christine Rankin 24 Jun 2009
- Appointment of Christine Rankin 27 May 2009
- Appointment of Christine Rankin (advance) 13 May 2009
- Appointment of Christine Rankin 12 May 2009
- Confidence 15 May 2008
- Confidence 13 Mar 2008
Community Groups
- Sustainable Funding Model 21 Feb 2008
- Sustainable Funding Model 14 Feb 2008
SuperGold Card—Advertising Budget 2007-08 15 Nov 2007
Taxation—Income Tax Abatement Threshold 5 Sep 2007
Family Violence
- Initiatives 19 Feb 2008
- Campaign for Action Programme 18 Dec 2007
- Initiatives 4 Sep 2007
Government Departments—Contractors 23 Aug 2007
Family Violence Prevention—Māori-specific Targeting 14 Aug 2007
Work and Income Offices—Safety of Clients 9 Aug 2007
Children
- Policy Priorities (advance) 11 Sep 2008
- Assistance to Family Members 5 Sep 2007
- Family Education 8 Aug 2007
After-school Care—Government Policy 21 Jun 2007
Pacific Island Families—Living Standards 1 May 2007
Working For Families—Tax Credit Review 1 May 2007
Pasifika People—Employment 29 Mar 2007
Families
- Advocacy (advance) 10 Sep 2008
- Financial Support 21 Aug 2007
- Benefit Changes 28 Mar 2007
Family Wellbeing Services—Funding 28 Feb 2007
Beneficiaries
- Release of Personal Information 30 Jul 2009
- Criteria for Release of Personal Information 29 Jul 2009
- Upskilling for Employment 22 Jul 2009
- Debt to Work and Income 13 Sep 2007
- Sickness and Invalids Benefits 9 May 2007
- Reduction in Numbers 28 Feb 2007
Working for Families Programme
- Tax Credits 1 April 2007 27 Mar 2007
- Household Impact 27 Feb 2007
Child Abuse
- Child, Youth and Family Discretion 16 May 2007
- Policy Advice 15 Feb 2007
Child Poverty—Unicef Rankings 15 Feb 2007
Youth
- Fresh Start and Break Away (advance) 26 Aug 2009
- Reoffending 6 Mar 2008
- Training and Work Opportunities 6 Dec 2006
Child, Youth and Family Services—Community Organisations and Service Providers 23 Nov 2006
Child Safety
- Innocenti Report Rankings 15 Feb 2007
- Threshold for Removal of Children 16 Nov 2006
Fraud
- Zero Tolerance 22 Nov 2006
- Zero Tolerance 14 Nov 2006
Benefit Changes—Minister's Comments 8 Nov 2006
Sickness and Invalids Benefits
- Numbers 2 May 2007
- Changes 7 Nov 2006
Police Holding Cells—Teenagers 25 Oct 2006
Income Support—Fair and Equitable Administration 25 Oct 2006
Family Violence Intervention Programme—Effectiveness 25 Oct 2006
Labour Force Issues—Horticulture 25 Oct 2006
Social Inclusion—Minister’s Statement 24 Oct 2006
Unemployment
- Current Rate 23 Sep 2009
- Reports 6 Aug 2009
- Reports 4 Jun 2009
- Current Rate 26 May 2009
- Resourcing for Front-line Services 29 Apr 2009
- Current and Projected Rates 10 Feb 2009
- Reports 20 May 2008
- Reports 13 May 2008
- Reports 13 Feb 2008
- Expenditure 8 Aug 2007
- Household Labour Force Survey 20 Jun 2007
- Reduction in Numbers 15 Feb 2007
- Predictions 7 Sep 2006
Child, Youth and Family (CYF)—Associate Minister’s Statement 6 Sep 2006
Skills Shortages—Labour Force 31 Aug 2006
Child, Youth and Family
- Increasing Workloads for Regional Staff (advance) 8 Sep 2009
- Complaints Process 17 Jun 2008
- Confidence 9 Apr 2008
- Unallocated Cases 6 Dec 2007
- Confidence 16 Aug 2007
- Caregivers 28 Jun 2007
- Confidence 27 Jun 2007
- Caregiver Selection and Approval 26 Jun 2007
- Confidence 24 May 2007
- Juvenile Sex Offenders 8 May 2007
- Confidence 21 Mar 2007
- Confidence 14 Mar 2007
- Complaints 24 Aug 2006
Task Force Green—Enhanced Assistance to Farmers 3 Aug 2006
Working for Families
- Reports 5 Aug 2008
- Reports 31 Jul 2008
- Reports 29 Jul 2008
- Number of Families Benefiting 13 May 2008
- Number of Families Benefiting 4 Mar 2008
- Number of Families Benefiting 14 Nov 2007
- Uptake 2 Aug 2006
Social Welfare—Reports 25 Jul 2006
Hardship—Levels 18 Jul 2006
Skill Shortages—Labour Force 29 Jun 2006
Residential Care, Long-term—Spouses 28 Jun 2006
Child Homicide Case—Benefits Paid 27 Jun 2006
Infant Homicide Review—Social Development and Employment (CYF), Associate Minister's Statement 22 Jun 2006
Superannuitants—Income Supplementation 21 Jun 2006
Infant Homicide Rate—Reviews 20 Jun 2006
Unemployment Benefit
- Reports 16 Apr 2008
- Spending 19 Mar 2008
- Youth 14 Jun 2007
- Reduction in Beneficiaries 16 Nov 2006
- Numbers 20 Jun 2006
Childcare
- Grandparents 8 Nov 2006
- Eligibility for Assistance 12 Oct 2006
- Grandparents 14 Jun 2006
Helplines
- Social Development and Employment, Minister's Statement 25 May 2006
- Performance 23 May 2006
Labour Force—Increased Participation 16 May 2006
Youth Justice Residences—Siting 11 May 2006
Work and Income
- Treatment of Beneficiaries 9 Apr 2009
- Individual Case Management (advance) 11 Sep 2008
- Communication with Beneficiaries 6 Aug 2008
- Treatment of Beneficiaries 6 Aug 2008
- Doctor-bullying 29 May 2008
- Doctor-bullying 28 May 2008
- Towage and Storage Costs 20 Feb 2008
- Fraud 16 Oct 2007
- Helping People into Work 19 Jun 2007
- Services 10 May 2006
Superannuation and Veterans Pensions—Changes 28 Mar 2006
Working for Families Package
- Number of Families 23 May 2006
- Support 2 May 2006
- Childcare Assistance 5 Apr 2006
- Targeting 4 Apr 2006
- Outcome 29 Mar 2006
- Benefit from Changes 22 Mar 2006
Child, Youth and Family Services, Minister—Physical Abuse of Child 21 Mar 2006
Special Benefit—Abolition 16 Mar 2006
Child Youth and Family Services—Review 28 Feb 2006
Work and Income New Zealand—International Representatives 21 Feb 2006
Superannuation
- Rate Changes 12 Mar 2008
- Annual Adjustment 28 Mar 2007
- Overseas Pensions 13 Dec 2005
Social Development and Employment, Minister
- Speeches (advance) 28 Aug 2008
- Personal Judgment 2 Mar 2006
- Allegations 1 Mar 2006
- Complaints 28 Feb 2006
- Allegations 22 Feb 2006
- Speeches 21 Feb 2006
- Police Decision 13 Dec 2005
- Police Decision 8 Dec 2005
- Police Decision 7 Dec 2005
- Police Decision 7 Dec 2005
- Police Decision 6 Dec 2005
Social Development, Ministry
- Role (advance) 13 May 2009
- Policy Staff 26 Jun 2008
- Lump-sum Payment 25 Jun 2008
- Moderation and Thrift 19 Jun 2008
- Non-governmental Organisations 16 Apr 2008
- Commercial Contracts 3 Apr 2008
- Contracts 4 Mar 2008
- Childhood Experiences 24 Nov 2005
Benefits
- Adequacy of Current Levels (advance) 16 Sep 2009
- Beneficiary Numbers (advance) 15 Sep 2009
- Projected Spending 4 Jun 2009
- Beneficiary Numbers 24 Jun 2008
- Unemployment 11 Dec 2007
- Beneficiary Numbers 8 Nov 2007
- Single Core Benefit 18 Jul 2007
- Single Core Benefit 14 Jun 2007
- Single Core Benefit 24 May 2007
- Single Core Benefit 22 May 2007
- Debt Increase Since 1999 16 May 2007
- Transition to Work 15 Mar 2007
- Transition to Work 19 Oct 2006
- Transition to Work 9 May 2006
- Single Core Benefit 5 Apr 2006
- Single Core Benefit 5 Apr 2006
- Transition to Work 16 Feb 2006
- Eligibility 23 Nov 2005
- Beneficiary Numbers 22 Nov 2005
Employment
- Industry Partnerships 25 Jun 2009
- Local Initiatives 30 Apr 2009
- Numbers in Paid Employment 9 Aug 2007
- Support into Work 15 May 2007
- Statistics 23 Aug 2006
- Statistics 15 Nov 2005
Benefit Fraud
- Serious Fraud Office 17 Oct 2007
- Control 15 Nov 2005