25934 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Conservation

25934 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Conservation: What briefings or advice, if any, has the Minister received on the fiscal implications of redundancies – voluntary or not – in each of the Minister’s departments, ministries and agencies (where applicable within their portfolio) resulting from the Government’s directive to reduce expenditure in the public service, listed by title and date, as at 30 May 2024?

Hon Tama Potaka: I have received advice from the Department of Conservation on the Government’s directive to reduce expenditure in the public service, which may include any advice on the fiscal implications of redundancies, listed by title and date as follows: • Briefing: Vote Conservation Overview and Budget 2024, 7 December 2023 • Savings table for feedback from MOC, 26 January 2024 • Briefing: Proposed Initiatives for Budget 2024, 9 February 2024 • Meeting Memo: Budget 2024 bilateral with the Minister of Finance, 1 March 2024 • Portfolio Savings Summary, 13 March 2024 • Aide memoire: Options to reduce the impact of savings on frontline staff, 13 March 2024 • Summary of Proposed Department of Conservation People Change to meet Savings Target and Cost Pressures 2024/25, 2 April 2024 • Memo: Updated cost pressure forecasts and impact on proposed reduction to DOC’s Baseline Reduction Target, 5 April 2024