412 (2024). Rt Hon Chris Hipkins to the Prime Minister
Written Question
Published date: 21 Feb 2024
412 (2024). Rt Hon Chris Hipkins to the Prime Minister: What advice, reports, briefings, aide-memoires, risk-registers, or any other documents has the Prime Minister or any member of their Office received during the week of 29 January 2024, by title and date?
Rt Hon Christopher Luxon: As Prime Minister, I regularly request and receive advice from officials on a range of matters.
I have received the following documents from 29 January to 2 February 2024 from my officials in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC):
• 29/01/2026 - Delegations to Hon David Seymour, Associate Minister of Education (Partnership Schools)
• 30/01/2024 - Delegations to Hon Casey Costello, Associate Minister of Police
• 30/01/2024 - Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet: Annual Review Pre-Hearing Questionnaire 2022/23
• 31/01/2024 - Proposed Cabinet and Cabinet Committee Meeting Timetable for 2024
• 01/02/2024 and 02/02/2024 - RMA Reform: Portfolio Scope (Revised version)
• 01/02/2024 - Cyclone Gabrielle Recovery Taskforce Report Back
• 02/02/2024 - Mental Health: Portfolio Scope
• 02/02/2024 - Suggested talking points for Cabinet: Governor-General (Allowance) Order 2024
• 02/02/2024 - Responsibilities of Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister for Media and Communications
• 02/02/2024 - Prime Minister’s Weekly Brief
I also received two documents on 30 January 2024, one on 31 January 2024, one on 1 February 2024, and three documents on 2 February 2024, it is not in the public interest to release the title of these documents.
I have received briefings from the Policy Advisory Group, a business unit of DPMC, during the requested timeframe however I am not releasing the titles of these briefings.
In addition, staff in my office may informally receive documents including draft documents from my officials in DPMC and from other agencies, and from Ministers’ offices. This information is not held in a format that can be easily extracted within the time frame.