The government will get advice on Wednesday that will inform whether or not to keep the support for families affected by the fuel crisis.But Finance Minister Nicola Willis said that does not mean the support will end, and she was keeping an eye on international fuel prices.Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Willis briefed media at their regular post-Cabinet briefing on Monday afternoon.Watch the briefing:The news comes after Luxon announced on Sunday that National will extend paid parental leave to 30 weeks if re-elected into government. The party would also make it so parents could take their leave at the same time if they wanted to.Labour earlier criticised the party over the parental leave policy, pointing to National having blocked an extension to paid parental leave in 2016, and saying cuts to Best Start payments, reduced funding for school lunches, and restarting pay equity negotiations had made things harder for young families. But Luxon said he was focused on the future - not what happened before he was in politics.Future of fuel crisis support being consideredSince April, 143,000 families have been able to receive support through the in-work tax credit.The support will cease after twelve months, or until the price of 91 petrol drops below $3 a litre for four consecutive weeks.Prices dipped below $3 in late June, but on Monday morning fuel monitoring website Gaspy reported petrol prices had returned to an average of $3 exactly.Finance minister Nicola Willis said she had received three weeks of official data, and would get data for the fourth week on Wednesday."We anticipate that will show fuel prices below $3 for the week previous, which will trigger me to take advice to Cabinet on what we do with the scheme going forward," she said."However, officials have advised me that, given the significant increase in international fuel prices in the past few weeks, they are anticipating that the fuel price in future weeks will have spiked up above $3 again."Willis said Cabinet would consider whether it was appropriate to remove the support, given the lower fuel prices could be a "welcome blip" rather than sustained.Prime minister Christopher Luxon said all parties in the coalition were aware of the "potential yo-yo effect" of the conflict, and he expected they would be pragmatic about what the advice said before making a decision.Willis and Luxon also announced more than 97,500 families had received FamilyBoost payments.Of those, Willis said 6566 families were receiving the maximum payment of $120 a week.The scheme, a flagship campaign policy from National in 2023, refunds up to 40 percent of early childhood education costs.It was reviewed in 2025 after it was revealed just 249 families had consistently claimed the full amount, well short of the 21,000 initially estimated.Since July 2025, the proportion of early childhood fees people can claim back increased from 25 percent to 40 percent.The amount families could earn per year to be eligible was also increased, from $180,000 per year, to $229,000.Willis said the latest figures showed the changes made last year were working.