40609 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister for Vocational Education

Written Question

Published date: 02 Sep 2025

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Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	40609 (2025)
Question asked:	19 Aug 2025
Member asking:	Francisco Hernandez
Portfolio:	Minister for Vocational Education
Minister replying:	Hon Penny Simmonds
Answer received:	27 Aug 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_40609_2025
Document guid:	aee9e7b1-33f2-4331-8dfb-afb87f7ab852

40609 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister for Vocational Education: 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 the carbon neutral government programme in the 2024/25 financial year?

Hon Penny Simmonds: The Tertiary Education Commission spent $12,508 on the carbon neutral government programme in the 2024/25 financial year. This consisted of $8,450 annual membership fees and $4,058 of annual carbon audit fees paid to Toitū Envirocare.