29834 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Attorney-General

Written Question

Published date: 24 Jun 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	29834 (2025)
Question asked:	09 Jun 2025
Member asking:	Francisco Hernandez
Portfolio:	Attorney-General
Minister replying:	Hon Judith Collins
Answer received:	17 Jun 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_29834_2025
Document guid:	8cd5ab86-253f-43c8-ba13-46203923578f

29834 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Attorney-General: How many graduate positions, if any, were there in the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, as of 1 June 2023?

Hon Judith Collins: Crown Law (CLO) and the Parliamentary Counsel Office (PCO) are part of the Government Law Network (GLN) Graduate Programme. CLO employed 5 graduates as part of the GLN Graduate Programme as at 1 June 2023, with graduates rotating to different departments for 8 months across their two-year programme. PCO have GLN graduates seconded to the PCO but did not have any direct graduate positions established as at 1 June 2023.