38291 (2025). Camilla Belich to the Minister of Housing

38291 (2025). Camilla Belich to the Minister of Housing: 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 Chris Bishop: The number of people made redundant, and the number of previous employees employed or engaged again by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development is published annually as part of the Estimates for Vote Housing and Urban Development. My responses to supplementary written questions 1 to 84 are available on the Parliament website at: https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/submissions-and-advice/document/54SCSSC_EVI_0110ef26-127b-4832-cdca-08dd9cbad1c0_SSC20917/minister-of-housing-responses-to-supplementary-written. Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities advises me that it does not hold this information.