38258 (2025). Camilla Belich to the Minister of Corrections

38258 (2025). Camilla Belich to the Minister of Corrections: Since 27 November 2023, what is the total sum, if any, spent on wages for any contractors and consultants who have been previously employed in a different capacity at any ministries, agencies and/or departments for which the Minister is responsible, broken down by month, as at 4 August 2025?

Hon Mark Mitchell: I am advised that while Corrections considers a person’s previous employment during the hiring process, there is no central repository of this information and therefore Corrections cannot answer this question without reviewing individual employment files. This would amount to substantial collation and manual analysis which I am not prepared to request my officials to do in order to respond to this question.