52143 (2024). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister for Economic Development

52143 (2024). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister for Economic Development: What teams, business units, and functions in the Minister’s departments, if any, have been disestablished since November 2023, and how many FTE were in them?

Hon Melissa Lee: I am advised, MBIE has been undertaking a number of initiatives to meet its overall fiscal savings objectives and align its workforce to ensure delivery of Government priorities in a fiscally constrained environment. These initiatives include the ending of some work programmes (including stop work notices, legislative repeal), closure of vacancies, restricting recruitment, offering voluntary redundancy, and a number of formal change processes. In some instances, where work programmes have ended and/or teams have been reconfigured to better deliver to the Government’s work programme, MBIE have reallocated staff and/or redeployed them in line with managing their change employment obligations. The attached table sets out the functions/business units which have been disestablished in full. Note, teams which have transferred to another organisation have been excluded. Further details are available in the relevant change documents published on MBIE’s external website (www.mbie.govt.nz/about/open-government-and-official-information/release-of-information/mbie-departmental-change-processes) unless noted. With regard to New Zealand Growth Capital Partners, I am advised that one sub-unit within NZGCP’s Aspire Investment team has been disestablished – this consisted of the disestablishment of three roles (including one filled by a contractor).