56281 (2025). Camilla Belich to the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs

Written Question
Published date: 19 Jan 2026
56281 (2025). Camilla Belich to the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs: How many people, if any, have been made redundant – voluntary or otherwise – at each of the entities for which the minister is responsible since 27 November 2023, broken down by month?
Hon Scott Simpson: I am advised the numbers of redundancies since 27 November 2023 are as follows. • Accreditation Council: o Q3 2024: <5 • Commerce Commission: o Q1 2024: <5 o Q2 2024: 10 o Q3 2024: 17 o Q4 2024: 5 o Q1 2025: <5 o Q3 2025: <5 • External Reporting Board (XRB): o 2024: >5 • Financial Markets Authority (FMA): Recent organisational changes have involved some people transitioning through settlement or redundancy arrangements which are not individually differentiated as part of the annual reporting process. These numbers below reflect actual redundancies and actual settlements separately. o 2024: <5 o Q2 2025: 21 o Q3 2025: <5 o Q4 2025: <5 • Retirement Commission: Nil • Takeovers Panel: Nil *To protect the privacy of persons involved, the totals have been done by quarter, and any number of people less than 5, has been given <5.