16864 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology

Written Question

Published date: 22 Apr 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	16864 (2025)
Question asked:	06 Apr 2025
Member asking:	Francisco Hernandez
Portfolio:	Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology
Minister replying:	Hon Dr Shane Reti
Answer received:	14 Apr 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_16864_2025
Document guid:	134719f5-d65b-43da-bdf0-a5e26c900655

16864 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology: How many staff in the Minister's departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that are responsible to the Minister, if any, that had responding to or processing Official Information Act requests as a core part of their job description, if any, lost their jobs or were restructured out of their roles into a role where OIA requests were not a core part of their role, between 27 November 2023 and 31 December 2024?

Hon Dr Shane Reti: As Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology, I have no responsibility for any government departments. Regarding agencies, crown entities, and other bodies, only Callaghan Innovation was affected, with two staff.