38908 (2026). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government

38908 (2026). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government: How much, if any, did the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, spend on consultancy costs, from 1 July 2024 - 30 June 2025?

Hon Paul Goldsmith: Each year the Public Service Commission (along with other Public Service departments and departmental agencies) are required to report on all consultancy costs through Select Committee Annual Reviews. I refer the member to this publicly available information on the Parliament website at the following link: https://www3.parliament.nz/resource/en-NZ/54SCGOA_EVI_d7846180-2b1a-4ac6-cdc7-08dd9cbad1c0_GOA37369/8e1d437770452112020564064660032140b3e609