26017 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister responsible for Ministerial Services

26017 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister responsible for Ministerial Services: 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?

Rt Hon Christopher Luxon: As Minister Responsible for Ministerial Services, I have received the following joint or portfolio briefings from the Department of Internal Affairs that included information on the fiscal impacts of organisational change. Internal Affairs Briefing - Budget 2024 Baseline Reduction Exercise - Additional Baseline and FTE information and proposed Baseline Reduction Package – 9 February 2024 Internal Affairs Briefing – Baseline Reduction: Organisational Change Proposals – 5 April 2024 Ministerial Services Briefing - Budget 2024: Budget Ministers’ decisions – Ministerial Services portfolio – 23 April 2024