57799 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment

57799 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment: How much has been spent on Chief Executive redundancy payments and payments in lieu of notice, if any, in the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, since 27 November 2023, detailed by chief executive role, payment amount and period?

Hon Penny Simmonds: I refer the Member to the publicly available information found on the Public Service Commission website at the following link: https://www.publicservice.govt.nz/system/leaders/appointing-leaders/leader-pay/chief-executive-remuneration Public Service departments and departmental agencies are also required to report on Chief Executive expenses within their respective agencies, through their Annual Reports. This information can be found on the agency’s website at the following link: https://www.msd.govt.nz/documents/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/corporate/annual-report/2025/msd-annual-report-2025.pdf