Appendix 5: How the Migrant Levy is used
Government organisations with an interest in immigration and settlement-related matters can bid for Migrant Levy funding. The assessment criteria for funding proposals make it clear that:
Successful settlement outcomes encourage migrants to remain in New Zealand and to make a positive and long-term contribution to the economy and society. Consequently research and settlement initiatives funded by migrant levy allocations need to support new migrants, those who have been in New Zealand for less than five years, to optimise their potential contribution ... (See Migrant Levy Funding Review and Proposed Allocations for 2012/13, March 2012, EGI (12) 37, Appendix Three, Part A, page 13.)
The table on the following page provides an overview of how the Migrant Levy has been distributed since 2008/09.
| MIGRANT LEVY FUNDING 2008/09 – 2012/13 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008/09 | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | ||
| Vote | Initiative | $000 | $000 | $000 | $000 | $000 |
| IMMIGRATION NEW ZEALAND FUNDING | ||||||
| Immigration | Migrant research programme | 2,473 | 2,473 | 2,313 | 2,253 | 2,453 |
| Immigration | Core settlement services | 1,780 | 1,780 | 1,780 | 1,780 | 1,780 |
| Immigration | Levy admini-stration | 629 | 629 | 422 | 422 | 310 |
| Immigration | LisNZ survey/research | 707 | 694 | 714 | 200 | - |
| Sub-total Immigration Funding | 5,589 | 5,576 | 5,229 | 4,655 | 4,543 | |
| PROGRAMME FUNDING – OTHER DEPARTMENTS | ||||||
| Statistics NZ | LisNZ survey/research | 650 | 250 | 150 | - | - |
| Internal Affairs | Language line | 669 | 743 | 790 | 790 | 833 |
| Education | ESOL for adults | 426 | 426 | 426 | 426 | 426 |
| Education | ESOL in schools | 2,460 | 2,460 | 2,460 | 2,460 | 2,460 |
| Education | ESOL professional development | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 222 |
| Education | ESOL resources | - | - | - | - | 177 |
| Social Development | Migrant employment assistance | 782 | 782 | 782 | 782 | 587* |
| Sub-total Other Departments | 5,387 | 5,061 | 5,008 | 4,858 | 4,705 | |
| Contestable Settlement Initiatives | 1,649 | 616 | 571 | 768 | - | |
| Total Migrant Levy Funding | 12,625 | 11,253 | 10,808 | 10,281 | 9,248 | |
Source: Department of Labour Annual Report to June 2012, pages 123 and 124.
*Having at first failed to fulfil assessment criteria for funding for the first half of 2012/13, the migrant employment assistance initiative's funding was reduced to $196,000 for the first half of 2012/13. A later Migrant Levy review reassessed this initiative, which received $391,000 in funding for the second half of 2012/13.
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