49266 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Prime Minister

49266 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Prime Minister: 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?

Rt Hon Christopher Luxon: In my capacity as the Prime Minister, I am the responsible Minister for the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC). The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) was a departmental agency hosted by DPMC, until it transitioned to the Department of Internal Affairs effective on 25 September 2025. I am advised that for the 2024/25 financial year and period 1 July 2024 to 31 March 2025, information relating to the number of contractors including those previously employed by DPMC is set out in Questions 49 and 52 and Appendix 2 in the 2025/26 Examination of the Estimates for Vote Prime Minister and Cabinet, which is available on the following website: Questions https://www.parliament.nz/resource/en-NZ/54SCGOA_EVI_42804463-deea-4dfc-cdc6-08dd9cbad1c0_GOA37363/c136f0977cb88114f7a38f02b1dc3870c8e6f7ce Appendices https://www.parliament.nz/resource/en-NZ/54SCGOA_EVI_42804463-deea-4dfc-cdc6-08dd9cbad1c0_GOA37364/f5b7158f8da92d100a60c3486b17e2875a498c89 Information covering the remainder of the 2024/25 year and the first quarter of 2025/26 will be available in DPMC’s 2024/25 Annual Review, which is scheduled for release in Scrutiny Week (1-5 December 2025).