3768 (2025). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister for Energy

3768 (2025). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister for Energy: How many staff were made redundant, if any, in the Minister’s departments, ministries and agencies between 27 November 2023 and 7 February 2025, broken down by district, ethnicity, gender, and any other socioeconomic variable that is collected?

Hon Simon Watts: As Minister for Energy, I have no responsibility for any government departments or Ministries. With regard to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, I refer the member to the Minister for Economic Growth’s answer to written parliamentary question 3765 (2025). EECA had eight redundancies between 27 November 2023 and 7 February 2025. EECA cannot disclose additional details, including location, ethnicity, gender, or other socioeconomic factors, as the small number of people involved means that disclosure of this information could be considered to compromise privacy. The Electricity Authority had two redundancies between 27 November 2023 and 7 February 2025. The Authority cannot disclose additional details, including location, ethnicity, gender, or other socioeconomic factors, as the small number of people involved means that disclosure of this information could be considered to compromise privacy