12313 (2024). Hon Barbara Edmonds to the Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology

Written Question

Published date: 29 May 2024

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	12313 (2024)
Question asked:	15 May 2024
Member asking:	Hon Barbara Edmonds
Portfolio:	Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology
Minister replying:	Hon Judith Collins
Answer received:	26 May 2024
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_12313_2024
Document guid:	2e87d7dd-2fc2-499c-8c55-d6c948614e3b

12313 (2024). Hon Barbara Edmonds to the Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology: For each of the new policy initiatives in the Minister’s responsible Vote for Budget 2023, if any, how many, if any, Full Time Equivalents are currently working on these initiatives, broken down by individual initiative?

Hon Judith Collins: I am advised that the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment does not currently track staff numbers in this way. It’s important to note that some MBIE staff support multiple portfolios and that portfolios are also often supported by other business units and enabling functions to support their work. For their Briefings to Incoming Ministers, MBIE undertook a one off manual exercise to calculate staff working in the operational and policy areas by portfolio.