24331 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister of Defence

24331 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister of Defence: How many redundancy processes have been initiated, if any, in the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, as at 22 May 2025, since 27 November 2023, and how much was the total cost in New Zealand dollar terms, if any?

Hon Judith Collins: Each year, the New Zealand Defence Force and Ministry of Defence (along with other Public Service departments and departmental agencies) are required to report on redundancy processes within their respective agencies, through Select Committee Annual Reviews. I refer the member to this publicly available information on the Parliament website at the following link: https://www.parliament.nz/resource/en-NZ/54SCFADT_EVI_48f9274b-f12b-4b00-6d36-08dc80ee0281_FADT615/b6062ad6025c3ed1195a4fda5579b0deef17a729