42028 (2025). Lemauga Lydia Sosene to the Associate Minister of Health

42028 (2025). Lemauga Lydia Sosene to the Associate Minister of Health: How many international flights in total, if any, counting each leg of a journey as an individual flight, has each department or entity that the Minister is responsible for paid for in the period from November 27th 2023 to August 1st 2025; and what was the total cost broken down by month, destination, cabin class and the purpose of the flight?

Hon David Seymour: Information regarding international travel is reported annually to the Health Select Committee as part of the Annual Review process. I do not consider it is in the public interest to commit resources to providing this information outside of regular reporting cycles. The 2023/24 information can be found in response to question 200 at the following link: https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/submissions-and-advice/document/54SCHEA_EVI_907d904e-d914-4de4-a9f0-08dd0db6d194_HEA8788/pharmac-responses-to-post-hearing-written-questions-104-303 Pharmac does not collect and report on travel via each leg of a journey, only per trip.