4019 (2024). Rt Hon Chris Hipkins to the Prime Minister

4019 (2024). Rt Hon Chris Hipkins to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by his statement “We do not expect ECE providers to increase their costs and to increase their prices, because we actually also will have, for the first time, a lot of data that we'll be collecting to be able to monitor ECE charges and prices”, and if so, for what period does the Prime Minister expect that early childhood providers will not increase their fees?

Rt Hon Christopher Luxon: Yes. Prices of all services change over the long term but I do not expect FamilyBoost to contribute to any increase in prices.