27 August 2021
Aimee Hesp
[FYI request #16267 email]
Tēnā koe Aimee
Your Official Information Act request, reference: GOV-013049
Thank you for your email of 2 August 2021, asking for the following information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
Can I please have the payment rates for child care accident compensation for the years 2007-2012.
Our response
Childcare may be paid as social rehabilitation to a client (under section 81 of the Accident Compensation
(AC) Act 2001) if:
• the client requires help with childcare because their injury prevents them from undertaking care
activities for their child or children; and
• no family, whanau, or other supports can reasonably be expected to provide childcare.
The following four tables contain ACC’s rates for childcare; all are shown exclusive of GST.
Non-contracted childcare rates for social rehabilitation (hourly)
Period for which
01/05/06 - 01/04/07 - 01/04/08 - 01/05/10 - 1/05/11 -
01/05/12 -
the rate applied
31/03/07
31/03/08
30/04/10
30/04/11
30/04/12
30/04/13
Individual/family
$10.88
$11.28
$13.82
$14.12
$14.40
$14.95
Agency
$13.06
$13.54
$14.07
$14.37
$14.66
$15.22
Contracted childcare services – home-based (hourly). Renamed to Home & Community Support Services -
Non-Serious Injury, from 1 Nov 2009.
Period for which 18/12/06 -
1/07/07 - 25/02/08 - 1/9/08 -
1/10/09 - 1/5/10 -
1/11/10 - 1/11/11 -
the rate applied 30/06/07
24/02/08 31/08/08
30/09/09 30/04/10 31/10/10 31/10/11 30/11/12
Agency – home-
based
$19.27
$21.89
$24.21
$24.69 $22.95*
$23.25
$23.72
$24.18
* After a review in 2009, the rate was lowered to reflect market rates.
Contracted childcare services – facility-based (hourly). These rates were set in 2009, when facility-based and
home-based care rates stopped being paid at a single rate, owing to differences in the services provided.
Period for which
1/10/09 -
1/11/09 -
01/05/10 - 1/11/10 -
01/11/11 -
the rate applied
31/10/09
30/04/10
31/10/10
31/10/11
30/11/12
Agency – facility
based
$7.11
$7.11
$7.11
$7.25
$7.39
GOV-013049
Non-contracted childcare rates for overnight childcare (per night). If childcare is required overnight and the
carer is someone who doesn’t usual y live in the client’s home, this may be paid as a sleepover.
Period for which
22/05/06- 01/04/07-
01/04/08- 01/05/10-
1/05/11-
01/05/12-
the rate applied
31/03/07
31/03/08
30/04/10
30/04/11
30/04/12
30/04/13
Individual/family
$65.28
$67.68
$70.32
$70.32
$70.32
$126.88*
Non-contracted
Agency
$76.16
$78.96
$82.04
$82.04
$82.04
$126.88
*ACC increased rates to reflect a Court decision made in favour of pay rates for IHC carers in 2012
Childcare may otherwise be paid as part of an accidental death claim (under clauses 76 to 78 of Schedule 1 of
the AC Act 2001), because the child’s parent died due to an accident.
Childcare rates (weekly) for accidental death – payable for the child or children of a deceased client
Period for which
01/07/06- 01/07/07-
01/07/08- 01/07/09-
01/07/10- 01/07/11-
01/07/12-
the rate applied
30/06/07
30/06/08
30/06/09
30/06/10
30/06/11
30/06/12
30/06/13
1 child (total
payment)
$113.42
$116.30
$120.22
$123.79
$126.33
$131.98
$134.05
2 children (each)
$68.05
$69.78
$72.13
$74.27
$75.79
$79.18
$80.42
3 or more children
(total payment)
$158.79
$162.82
$168.31
$173.31
$176.86
$184.77
$187.67
Questions
If you have any questions, you can email me at
[email address]. Nāku iti noa, nā
Sasha Wood
Manager Official Information Act Services
Government Engagement & Support
Accident Compensation Corporation
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