14074 (2025). Camilla Belich to the Minister for the Public Service

14074 (2025). Camilla Belich to the Minister for the Public Service: On how many occasions, if any, since 27 November 2023, has the Minister intervened in, overruled, or influenced a decision made by any agency under their responsibility, and what were the circumstances of each instance?

Hon Judith Collins: In my capacity as the Minister for the Public Service, I am the Responsible Minister for the Public Service Commission. The roles and responsibility of a minister are set out in the Cabinet Manual, which is available on the following website: https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/our-business-units/cabinet-office/supporting-work-cabinet/cabinet-manual/3-ministers-crown-and-public-sector/ministers-and-public-service As a Minister, I am responsible for deciding both the direction of and the priorities for the agencies for which I hold portfolio responsibilities, and I may give those agencies lawful directions. As a result, there are many occasions on which I have appropriately had input into the agencies’ actions, but these inputs are not collated or registered in a way that could be included in a single answer.