44155 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Health

44155 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Health: How much money, if any, has been spent by Te Whatu Ora, the Ministry of Health, and any other agencies for which he is responsible, on contractors from companies including but not limited to Robert Walters, the Johnson Group, Beyond Recruitment, and JacksonStone, in the week ending 7 April 2024?

Hon Dr Shane Reti: I am advised that this information is not available in the level of detail requested. However, annual expenditure information will be publicly available as part of the Annual Review processes for the departments and Crown entities for which I am responsible. For last year's information, I refer the Member to Question 69 of the 2022/23 Annual Review Questionnaire for the relevant agencies, which can be found on Parliament’s website. I also refer the Member to the publicly available workforce data which includes contractor and consultant expenditure by department on the Public Service Commission | Te Kawa Mataaho website which is reported quarterly at this link: https://www.publicservice.govt.nz/research-and-data/workforce-data-public-sector-composition/workforce-data-workforce-size#contractor-and-consultant-expenditure.