The Domestic Purposes Benefit ( DPB ) is a social welfare payment in New Zealand's social security system, primarily given to single parents with dependent children. This, together with all other benefit payments, is managed by Employment and Income, under the Ministry of Social Development. Since the New Zealand Government's 5th National Finance Reform in July 2013, Parent Major Benefits Parents Main Benefits were renamed to Single Parental Support , with two other DPB benefits, Pain or Sickness and Women's Care, absorbed into other benefits.
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History
Household Benefit, or DPB, was first introduced in New Zealand in 1973 by the country's 3rd Labor government led by Prime Minister Norman Kirk. The Destitute Persons Act of 1910 and the 1968 Domestic Proceeding Law have previously created a legal means that enables a woman to seek a maintenance order against the father of her children. The Court may, in its sole discretion, establish the rate it deems appropriate for the father to pay the mother in respect of the child. This maintenance continues until the child reaches the age of sixteen; maintenance will continue to be paid in respect of a child over the age of sixteen if the child is engaged in full-time education. This law provides a means to enable women to seek treatment from an alleged father, but if there are difficulties, women must go to court to enforce treaties or maintenance orders. There is also further difficulty; an unmarried mother must obtain a paternal father's admission or paternity statement from the court in order to be entitled to seek care. The DPB, introduced in the form of law in 1973, reduced these difficulties. This law provides state financial support for single mothers, regardless of whether the father contributes to maintenance payments.
The introduction of the DPB was blamed for "creating a baby's shortage for adoption". However, the extent to which the DPB's contribution to the infant shortage available for adoption is unclear. The number of births outside marriage declined between 1971 and 1976. The number of adopted married children had begun to decline in 1962, before the introduction of state financial support. Others note that a number of other factors are at work, such as "softening" attitudes toward illegitimate children and their mothers, the abolition of stigma unlawful by the Status of Children Act 1969, increased availability of contraception and delayed placement of infants.
In the 2011 New Zealand election, the center-right Nationalist Party campaigned, among other policies, welfare reform. The National Welfare Reform Plan calls for streamlining the existing 11 categories of benefits into three, with extra work obligations and focusing on reducing long-term dependency of welfare.
After winning power in 2011, the National Minister for Social Development and Employment Paula Bennett began implementing the policy. Changes to the welfare system take effect in July 2013. 7 out of 11 existing benefit categories are replaced by three major groups - Jobseeker support (for people who can usually work full-time, only working part-time or not working at the moment ), Single Parent Support (for single parents caring for children under 14 years of age) and Supported Life Payments (for those who can not work and those who care for someone who needs significant care).
The response to reform has been mixed. The New Zealand Herald's article on reform states under the heading 'Reason' that 'New Zealand has the highest number in the world as a single parent, especially among low-income groups for whom the DPB may be a viable option.' But under the heading 'Risk', it says that '... the (reform) risk is that it will also cause undesirable danger to the majority of women who end up in DPB not because of their own fault.'
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Details
Benefits of Domestic Purposes - Single Parents
Household Benefits - Single Parents are the main benefit of DPB. This is a single parent's weekly payment with one or more dependent children.
This is primarily given to parents aged 19 years or older, having children who are dependent under the age of 18 and who have no partner or loss of support from their partner. Parents whose youngest children are under five years old need to take practical steps to get ready for work. If their youngest child is between five and 13 years old (the earliest five years a child can go to school, though it is not mandatory until the child is six years old) they are expected to enter, or actively seek part-time work at least 15 hours per week. If their youngest child is 14 or older (14 is the legal minimum age that children can leave behind), they are expected to enter, or actively seek full-time employment for at least 30 hours per week. If they do not fulfill this job obligation and have no exceptions, their benefits may be reduced or terminated.
The benefit is the fixed amount for parents who earn $ 100 or less in other income per week, which as of July 15, 2013 is $ 335.18 before taxes per week. The amount of benefits reduced by 30c per dollar earned between $ 100 and $ 200, and 70c per dollar earns more than $ 200. The gross deduction cut-out point is $ 577 per week.
Starting April 2014, this benefit has been primarily superseded by Single Parent Support if the child is under 14 years old (maximum net weekly payments of NZ $ 299.45 for those earning less than NZ $ 5200 per year - as well as an additional NZ $ 20 per week if childcare costs are required - and the gross income-cut point is NZ $ 585 per week) or Jobseeker Support if the child is over 14 (maximum weekly net payment of NZ $ 299.45 for single parent). Both of these statistics are April 1, 2014.
Benefits of Domestic Use - Caring for a Sick or Weak Man
Domestic Benefits - Treatment of Pain or Pain is a weekly payment that helps the person caring for someone at home who needs full-time care.
Beginning April 1, 2014, Household Benefits - Pain or Weak Care, has been replaced by Supported Living Payments. Supported Life Payments come from weekly minimum net payments of NZ $ 211.46 for teenagers aged 16 and 17 to a maximum payment of NZ $ 435.50 for married couples, de facto couples or civil union couples. The maximum gross revenue cut-off point is NZ $ 780 per week for pairing.
Domestic Benefits - Women Alone
Domestic Benefit Benefits - Woman Alone is a weekly payment that helps women aged 50 or over (but under the age of New Zealand Superannuation, ie 65) who has lost the support of her partner or has finished caring for a sick child or relative.
Beginning April 1, 2014, Domestic Benefit Benefits have been superseded by Passenger Support. The maximum weekly net payment for those receiving DPB shortly before July 15, 2013 is NZ $ 217.75 with a weekly weekly earnings cut point of $ AS969. There is no special category for single women over 50: those who sign up after July 15, 2013 will receive a Payee Recipient's payout for those aged 25, along with an obligation to find the work it brings. The net weekly benefit is NZ $ 209.06 with weekly weekly earnings cut point of NZ $ 379.
Benefit number
By the end of December 2012, 109,000 people of working age (ages 18-64 years) receive Benefits of Household Interest. It represents about 4% of the working age population in New Zealand.
References
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