24036 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister for Tertiary Education and Skills

24036 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister for Tertiary Education and Skills: Of any proposed redundancies to their responsible agencies to meet the a public sector saving initiative, if any, how many directly provide a service to customers, as at 30 May 2024?

Hon Penny Simmonds: For the Ministry of Education, I refer the Member to the Minister of Education’s response to written parliamentary question 24172 (2024). This is also my response to written parliamentary questions 24054, 24066, 24069, 24113, 24132, 24651, 24688, 24692, 24699, 24719, 24762, 25285, 25308, 25309, 25317, 25346, 25396, 25904, 26137, 26150, 26160, 26161, 26165, 26173, 26763, 26767, 26768, 26780, 26792, 26813, 27335, 27387, 27397, 27414, 27454, 27463, 27955 (2024). For Tertiary Education Commission - Of the eleven employees who have been made redundant as at 30 May 2024, there are three people whose roles provide direct services to customers. TEC’s customers are our tertiary education organisations and employers and industry i.e.audit of TEO’s and relationship management to employers and industry.