24853 (2025). Hon Barbara Edmonds to the Minister responsible for the NZSIS

24853 (2025). Hon Barbara Edmonds to the Minister responsible for the NZSIS: What time limited funding, if any, does the Minister’s responsible agencies, if any, face following budget 2025?

Hon Judith Collins: The Intelligence and Security Act 2017 (ISA) and Public Finance Act 1989 (PFA) provide for the GCSB and the NZSIS to publicly provide much less financial information than other government departments, in order to allow the agencies to discharge their responsibilities effectively. In particular, section 45E of the PFA and section 221 of the ISA provide for the protection of detailed financial information from public release, as that information would reveal information regarding the capabilities or activities of the agencies. Consistent with this approach, I consider it is not in the public interest for me to provide the level of financial detail sought.