2550 (2025). Rt Hon Chris Hipkins to the Minister for National Security and Intelligence
Written Question
Published date: 18 Feb 2025
2550 (2025). Rt Hon Chris Hipkins to the Minister for National Security and Intelligence: What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 27 January 2025, listed by agency, title and date received?
Rt Hon Christopher Luxon: As Minister for National Security and Intelligence, I regularly request and receive advice from officials on a range of matters. In my capacity as the Minister National Security and Intelligence, I received the following documents from 27-31 January 2025 from my officials in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC):
• National Security Group Fortnightly Report, 29 January 2025
• National Security Group – Bids for the 2025 Legislation Programme, 29 January 2025.
I also received four documents within the specified timeframe however, it is not in the public interest to release the titles of these documents.
Furthermore, 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.