26191 (2025). Hon Barbara Edmonds to the Minister responsible for the NZSIS

26191 (2025). Hon Barbara Edmonds to the Minister responsible for the NZSIS: How many successful Budget bids did the Minister, or their responsible agencies, if any, submit for this vote for Budget 2025, and how many of these does the Minister intend to resubmit for Budget 2026?

Hon Judith Collins: Initiatives funded are set out in the Summary of Initiatives. Other information, where not still under active consideration, will be set out in the Budget proactive release in the usual way. The Intelligence and Security Act 2017 (ISA) and Public Finance Act 1989 (PFA) provide for the GCSB and the NZSIS to publicly provide much less financial information than other government departments, in order to allow the agencies to discharge their responsibilities effectively. In particular, section 45E of the PFA and section 221 of the ISA provide for the protection of detailed financial information from public release, as that information would reveal information regarding the capabilities or activities of the agencies.