15863 (2025). Hon Willow-Jean Prime to the Associate Minister of Education

15863 (2025). Hon Willow-Jean Prime to the Associate Minister of Education: Was the decision to award the Ka Ora, Ka Ako contract to the School Lunch Collective a decision taken by Cabinet; if so, did the Cabinet Paper include officials’ advice that Libelle could have made “commitments they are unable to deliver on” if they secured the contract?

Hon David Seymour: The approval to proceed with the contract with one national provider, lead by the Compass Group NZ, was made by the Secretary of Education. For more information, refer to the recommendation to proceed contract available at: https://web-assets.education.govt.nz/s3fs-public/2025-03/recommendation%20to%20proceed%20to%20contract.pdf?VersionId=CR3SuAn2r9m4eQZ.HDWKQOq.YEUj8EWN