21160 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Associate Minister of Agriculture

Written Question

Published date: 20 May 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	21160 (2025)
Question asked:	05 May 2025
Member asking:	Francisco Hernandez
Portfolio:	Associate Minister of Agriculture
Minister replying:	Hon Mark Patterson
Answer received:	14 May 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_21160_2025
Document guid:	47353d81-eba9-49f7-8a6c-224bbd9f9b0d

21160 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Associate Minister of Agriculture: What training, if any, was provided to the Minister regarding the handling of sensitive information, and did the training contain information warning against the use of personal emails in conducting work-related business?

Hon Mark Patterson: The Cabinet Office, a business unit of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, coordinates across a range of government agencies and delivers and induction programme for Ministers upon appointment. The programme addresses key matters relating to the role of a minister including material in the Cabinet Manual covering paragraphs 2.86-2.87 of the Cabinet Manual, which is available online: https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/sites/default/files/2023-06/cabinet-manual-2023-v2.pdf