Social Development and Employment Portfolio - Budget 2026 Information Release

Documents in this section relate to the Social Development and Employment Portfolio.

Budget 2026 Information Release
Published: 10 September 2026
Will also be published on the Treasury website, which will be the permanent repository for this release material. Material will be withdrawn from this Budget website in May 2027.

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Documents Released 10 September 2026

Documents Released 10 September 2026
Doc. Date Creator Title
7 May 2026Cabinet OfficeFinancial Recommendations: Budget 2026 Package: Technical Cabinet Minute - Social Development (PDF 348KB)
7 May 2026Cabinet OfficeFinancial Recommendations: Budget 2026 Package: Significant Cabinet Minute - Social Development (PDF 504KB)
7 May 2026Cabinet OfficeFinancial Recommendations: Budget 2026 Package: Significant Cabinet Minute - Business, Science and Innovation (PDF 466KB)
7 May 2026Cabinet OfficeFinancial Recommendations: Budget 2026 Package: Technical Cabinet Minute - Business, Science and Innovation (PDF 521KB)
23 Apr 2026Minister of FinancePackage Confirmation Letter - Hon Upston - Social Development (PDF 1026KB)
14 Apr 2026Ministry of Social Development and Ministry of Housing and Urban DevelopmentJoint Report HUD2026-009593: Distributional analysis to support the Budget 2026 Housing package (PDF 535KB)
31 Mar 2026Minister of FinanceFuel Invitation Letter Upston - Social Development (PDF 764KB)
27 Mar 2026The TreasuryTreasury Report T2026/621: Budget 2026 Second Bilateral on Welfare Reform (PDF 383KB)
19 Mar 2026The Treasury, Inland Revenue, Ministry of Social Development, and Ministry of Housing and Urban DevelopmentJoint Report T2026/507: Finalising components for Budget 2026 welfare package (PDF 400KB)
19 Mar 2026The TreasuryTreasury Report T2026/554: Budget 2026 Second Bilateral on Welfare Reform (PDF 288KB)
9 Mar 2026The TreasuryTreasury Report T2026/327: Budget 2026 Bilateral on Vote Social Development (PDF 312KB)
26 Feb 2026The TreasuryTreasury Report T2026/269: Budget 2026 Bilateral on Welfare Reform (PDF 1512KB)
20 Feb 2026The Treasury, Inland Revenue, Ministry of Social Development, and Ministry of Housing and Urban DevelopmentJoint Report T2026/198: Potential Budget 2026 welfare packages (PDF 440KB)
4 Feb 2026Minister of FinanceBack-Up Savings Request to Hon Louise Upston (PDF 255KB)
12 Nov 2025The Treasury, Inland Revenue, and Ministry of Social DevelopmentTax Policy Report T2025/2839: Working for Families options for Budget 2026 (PDF 304KB)
10 Nov 2025The Treasury and Ministry of Social DevelopmentJoint Report T2025/2836: Meeting on welfare proposals for Budget 2026 (PDF 273KB)
4 Nov 2025Associate Minister of FinanceB26 Invitation Letter - Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (PDF 576KB)
4 Nov 2025Associate Minister of FinanceB26 Invitation Letter - Ministry of Social Development (PDF 370KB)
29 Oct 2025The Treasury, Inland Revenue, and Ministry of Social DevelopmentTax Policy Report T2025/2673: Working for Families: Changes to residency requirements, information sharing and definition of income (PDF 340KB)
13 Oct 2025Ministry of Social Development and Ministry of Housing and Urban DevelopmentDocument: The Review of the Social Housing System slide pack (PDF 319KB)
9 Oct 2025The Treasury, Inland Revenue, and Ministry of Social DevelopmentJoint Report T2025/2558: Welfare Reform and Working for Families: commissioning and next steps (PDF 290KB)
24 Sept 2025The Treasury, Inland Revenue, and Ministry of Social DevelopmentJoint Report T2025/2441: Meeting on Welfare Reform and Working for Families (PDF 379KB)
8 Sept 2025The TreasuryDocument: Annotated Agenda: Meeting on Welfare Reform (PDF 204KB)
8 Sept 2025Ministry of Social DevelopmentDocument: Budget 2026 - Summary of savings and Welfare Reform options (PDF 317KB)
4 Sept 2025The TreasuryAide Memoire T2025/2289: Meeting with Minister Upston on Welfare Reform (PDF 231KB)
3 Sept 2025The TreasuryDocument: List of potential reform options – policy change, targeted policy savings and invest-to-save (PDF 228KB)
4 Aug 2025The Treasury and Ministry of Social DevelopmentJoint Report T2025/1969: Welfare reform commissioning and next steps (PDF 1150KB)
21 Jul 2025The TreasuryTreasury Report T2025/1782: Meeting with Minister Upston on potential objectives and options for Welfare Reform (PDF 506KB)