45876 (2025). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Immigration

Written Question

Published date: 10 Oct 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	45876 (2025)
Question asked:	24 Sep 2025
Member asking:	Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall
Portfolio:	Minister of Immigration
Minister replying:	Hon Erica Stanford
Answer received:	06 Oct 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_45876_2025
Document guid:	cb12fa46-a8f6-4cd0-9d7a-76cd7da78419

45876 (2025). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Immigration: Does the government’s decisions on HIV testing policy for RSE workers consider transmission risk, if not why not?

Hon Erica Stanford: Yes. When the decision was made last year, the Ministry of Health assessed the risk to be low.