25967 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister for the Environment

25967 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister for the Environment: In the Minister’s departments, ministries and agencies for which savings have been identified resulting from the Government’s directive to reduce expenditure in the public service, if any, what savings have been identified, as at 30 May 2024?

Hon Penny Simmonds: Pages 43-45 of the Budget 2024 Summary of Initiatives shows Budget 24 delivered net savings to the Crown from Vote Environment of $316.230m over four years. This comprises $408.465m of savings offset by $92.235m of new funding for Resource Management Reform Replacement. These net savings span the Ministry for the Environment, the Climate Change Commission, and the Environmental Protection Authority.