42293 (2025). Lemauga Lydia Sosene to the Minister of Health

42293 (2025). Lemauga Lydia Sosene to the 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 Simeon Brown: I am advised that the departments, agencies, and ministries I am responsible for as Minister of Health report twice annually to the Health Committee on these matters. I do not consider it in the public interest to commit taxpayer-funded officials' time to preparing this information ahead of these publications. For reference, I refer the Member to the 2022/23 Annual Review Questionnaire for the Ministry: https://www.parliament.nz/resource/en-NZ/54SCHEA_EVI_a74dfd93-e35b-4281-33ea-08dbfb539ab6_HEA291/c23ff3af68627c65cb875acadd60b7ed26ad4f22