24938 (2025). Hon Barbara Edmonds to the Prime Minister
Written Question
Published date: 06 Jun 2025
24938 (2025). Hon Barbara Edmonds to the Prime Minister: What advice, memos, briefings, aide-mémoire, or any other documents, if any, has the Minister received regarding Budget 2025, by title and date?
Rt Hon Christopher Luxon: As Prime Minister, I am the Vote Minister for Vote Prime Minister and Cabinet and the responsible Minister for the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC). The National Emergency Management Agency is a departmental agency hosted by DPMC. I received the following documents relating to Budget 2025:
1. DPMC Performance Plan, 1 November 2024
2. Letter from the Minister of Finance to the Prime Minister, 18 November 2024
3. Chief Executive pack for discussion with Prime Minister 20 December 2024
4. Budget 2025 Vote Prime Minister and Cabinet Submission, 23 December 2024
5. Budget 2025 Vote Prime Minister and Cabinet Submission Update, 7 February 2025
6. Letter from the Minister of Finance to the Prime Minister, 11 April 2025.
Budget 2025 information will be released on the following website: Budget 2025 - 22 May 2025
Furthermore, staff in my office may informally receive documents, including draft documents, from my officials in DPMC and from other agencies, and from Ministers’ offices. This information is not held in a format that can be easily extracted within the time frame.