49076 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister of Agriculture

Written Question

Published date: 23 Oct 2025

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Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	49076 (2025)
Question asked:	09 Oct 2025
Member asking:	Francisco Hernandez
Portfolio:	Minister of Agriculture
Minister replying:	Hon Todd McClay
Answer received:	19 Oct 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_49076_2025
Document guid:	10a7c5ae-6e27-46b2-82a0-6cb2af7e0ff5

49076 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister of Agriculture: How many contractors, if any, were there in the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, as of 1 October 2024?

Hon Todd McClay: I am advised that the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) provides detailed information on contractor and consultant figures as part of MPI’s Estimates and Annual Review processes. MPI’s 2025/26 Estimates’ responses are publicly available here: https://www3.parliament.nz/resource/en-NZ/54SCPRIP_EVI_71fb2153-b236-4a9d-cdbe-08dd9cbad1c0_PRIP7597/6497a875c44542bd7cbfda73264f815abf5f1bd2 (Appendix Two, page 1-179).