56422 (2024). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister of Local Government

Written Question

Published date: 23 Sep 2024

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	56422 (2024)
Question asked:	08 Sep 2024
Member asking:	Francisco Hernandez
Portfolio:	Minister of Local Government
Minister replying:	Hon Simeon Brown
Answer received:	18 Sep 2024
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_56422_2024
Document guid:	83cd7d96-b6c1-4e92-9412-c959cf0546d0

56422 (2024). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister of Local Government: What briefings, advice, aide memoires, emails, text messages, memorandums and any other form of communication, broken down by title and date, did the minister, or their departments, if any, send or receive to the Minister of Finance or Minister for Public Services as part of proposing 'savings' as part of the 'baseline savings exercise'?

Hon Simeon Brown: As the Minister of Local Government, I am not responsible for any Departments. In respect to the Department of Internal Affairs, I refer the member to answer WPQ 56416(2024). Regarding communications I have had with the Minister of Finance and Minister for the Public Service, I correspond with my Ministerial colleagues on a daily basis; I do not consider it to be within the public interest for my office to justify the resource required to provide a list of all material that the Member asks for.