20155 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister for the Environment

20155 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister for the Environment: How much, if anything, did the Minister's departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, spend on flights in 2021, broken down into international and domestic flights?

Hon Penny Simmonds: The information sought by the Member is provided as part of agencies' Annual Review submissions. Ministry for the Environment: I invite the Member to review the Ministry for the Environment's response to Question 96 and 98 of the 2023/24 Annual Review submission which is publicly available on Parliament's website at: https://www.parliament.nz/resource/en-NZ/54SCENV_EVI_46dc8331-b0b8-43fe-6fd7-08dcebf31e9f_ENV76964/88b2b4bd353632e61f287709e57f03283b0fb789. A further breakdown of the amount spent on international flights can be found in the following links: 2023/24 see Appendix 11: https://www.parliament.nz/resource/en-NZ/54SCENV_EVI_46dc8331-b0b8-43fe-6fd7-08dcebf31e9f_ENV76965/3e601937ac7e1b18bb218a4b6f09ae8a2f554008 2022/23 see Appendix 13: https://www.parliament.nz/resource/en-NZ/54SCENV_EVI_7f24c5a7-80b8-48d1-767d-08dc00eb6a20_ENV9545/be4a6d24a7f4dd860292bd7b95c7c60979db4887 2021/22 see table under Question 98: https://www.parliament.nz/resource/en-NZ/53SCEN_EVI_129942_EN14637/78a43e93c477bd039c325f14e84d9d553c1496ae 2019/20 see Appendix 6: https://www.parliament.nz/resource/en-NZ/53SCEN_EVI_103984_EN531/7acaf8fed86028ceee94a3faf8a6987b3b2d21ee Environmental Protection Authority: I invite the Member to review the Environmental Protection Authority's (EPA) response to Question 96 and 98 of the 2023/24 Annual Review submission which is publicly available on Parliament's website at: https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/submissions-and-advice/document/54SCENV_EVI_5c8e34e9-aca4-4f14-e441-08dce352e9c1_ENV76945/environmental-protection-authority-responses-to-written Information for 2024/25 will be provided as part of the EPA's Annual Review submission in advance of December's Scrutiny Week.