The Treasury publishes annual Financial Statements of the Government. These statements include personnel expenditure, which covers total remuneration paid by employers to employees, and includes payments such as wages, superannuation contributions and leave entitlements. Personnel expenditure[1] for core Crown government agencies has increased by 5.1% in 2015, while the total Crown personnel expenditure (that also includes Crown entities and SOEs) has increased by 3.1% (Table 3.1). Definitions for Core Crown and Total Crown are given in Appendix 6.
|
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Core Crown Personnel expenditure |
$5,996m |
$5,915m |
$6,037m |
$6,232m |
$6,552m |
|
Total Crown Personnel expenditure |
$19,088m |
$19,475m |
$19,935m |
$20,484m |
$21,124m |
|
% Change in Core Crown personnel expenditure from previous year |
0.1% |
-1.4% |
2.1% |
3.2% |
5.1% |
|
% Change in Total Crown personnel expenditure from previous year |
3.3% |
2.0% |
2.4% |
2.8% |
3.1% |
Note: The Core Crown segment consists of government departments, Offices of Parliament, the NZS Fund and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. Total Crown includes the core Crown plus Crown entities and State-owned Enterprises.