49163 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Associate Minister of Health

49163 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Associate Minister of Health: 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 David Seymour: I am advised that the departments, agencies, and ministries I am responsible for as Associate Minister of Health report 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 in a different format ahead of these publications. For reference, I refer the Member to the 2023/24 Annual Review Questionnaire for Pharmac: https://www3.parliament.nz/resource/en-NZ/54SCHEA_EVI_907d904e-d914-4de4-a9f0-08dd0db6d194_HEA5432/1cfb5468384d5849495ba932063f40d3cacc94d8