30994 (2023). Tangi Utikere to the Minister of Transport

30994 (2023). Tangi Utikere to the Minister of Transport: In response to the Minister’s answer to question 27975 (2023), has his engagement with officials included any instruction to reduce consultant and contractor expenditure and to report on current spending within 100 days; if so, specifically to which officials was this instruction issued and on what date?

Hon Simeon Brown: I am working with officials on a baseline savings exercise as part of the Budget 2024 process.