26664 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Prime Minister

26664 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Prime Minister: 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, how many staff have been made redundant, as at 30 May 2024?

Rt Hon Christopher Luxon: In my capacity as the Prime Minister, I am the Responsible Minister for the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC). No staff have been made redundant in the DPMC arising from the Government’s fiscal sustainability programme as at 30 May 2024.