30361 (2025). Camilla Belich to the Minister for Energy

30361 (2025). Camilla Belich to the Minister for Energy: How, if at all, has the number of staff assigned to work out of the Head Office changed over the past 12 months for each of the Minister’s responsible agencies, if any?

Hon Simon Watts: As Minister of Energy, I have no responsibility for any government departments or Ministries. In respect of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, I refer the Member to the Minister for Economic Growth’s answer to written parliamentary question 30354 (2025). With regard to Crown entities under the energy portfolio, I am advised that at 31 March 2024, EECA had 102 staff assigned to their head office in Wellington. This is nine less staff compared to staff numbers as at 31 March 2025. For the Electricity Authority overall staff numbers have increased from 133 to 151 over the past 12 months. Of those, there has been an increase of 14 working out of the Wellington Head Office and an increase of 4 staff working from locations other than the Wellington Head Office.