25014 (2025). Hon Barbara Edmonds to the Minister for Vocational Education
Written Question
Published date: 06 Jun 2025
25014 (2025). Hon Barbara Edmonds to the Minister for Vocational Education: What advice, memos, briefings, aide-mémoire, or any other documents, if any, has the Minister received regarding Budget 2025, by title and date?
Hon Penny Simmonds: I received the following briefings from the Ministry of Education regarding Budget 2025:
• 5 September 2024 – Report: Performance Plans – Vote Tertiary Education Cost Pressures Portfolio View
for Budget 2025
• 10 September 2024 – Report: Performance Plans – Updated Letter to Minister Stanford on Vote Tertiary
Education Cost Pressures for Budget 2025
• 31 October 2024 – Report: Vote Tertiary Education Strategy for Budget 2025
• 1 November 2024 – Report: Vote Tertiary Performance Plan
• 27 November 2024 – Report: Student support initiatives for Budget 2025
• 28 November 2024 – Report: Developing the Vote Tertiary Education Budget 2025 Submission
• 12 December 2024 – Report: Budget 2025 Vote Tertiary Education – Finalising Budget Initiatives
• 17 December 2024 – Report: Budget 2025 Vote Tertiary Submission of Budget Package
• 14 February 2025 – Report: Update on Budget 2025 Vote Tertiary Education Submissions
• 21 February 2025 – Report: Vote Tertiary Education Budget 2025 – Initial Bilateral Advice
• 11 March 2025 – Report: Budget 2025 Vote Tertiary Education Update
• 19 March 2025 – Information Update: Context on the over-delivery (105%) settings
• 9 April 2025 – Report: Budget 2025 Vote Tertiary Education Updates
• 9 April 2025 – Rapid Response: Impact of Budget Initiatives on Universities and non-target areas
of study
• 16 April 2025 – Report: Next Steps in the Budget 2025 Process – Communications15 May 2025 –
Information Update: Budget 2025 Vote Tertiary Education Communications Pack
This answer does not cover members of my office who receive a large amount of material every week. Asking them to collate that material would require substantial collation and research and prevent them from undertaking their substantive roles.