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What modelling/forecasting, if any, have government departments conducted on the effect of the government deciding to move to either Phase 2, 3, or 4 of the National Fuel Plan on schools and communities? and 5 other questions

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Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

Questions

  • 16945

    What modelling/forecasting, if any, have government departments conducted on the effect of the government deciding to move to either Phase 2, 3, or 4 of the National Fuel Plan on schools and communities?

  • 16946

    What modelling/forecasting, if any, have government departments conducted on the effect of rationing fuel on schools and communities?

  • 16947

    How, if at all, is the Ministry of Education preparing for the impact on schools and communities of the possibility that the fuel crisis persists for an extended period and/or fuel stocks in New Zealand drastically reduce?

  • 16953

    What preparations, if at all, have the Ministry of Education undertaken to prepare students, whānau, schools, teachers, and communities if the government decided to move to Phase 4 of the National Fuel Plan?

  • 16954

    What preparations, if at all, have the Ministry of Education undertaken to prepare students, whānau, schools, teachers, and communities if the government decided to move to Phase 3 of the National Fuel Plan?

  • 16955

    What preparations, if at all, have the Ministry of Education undertaken to prepare students, whānau, schools, teachers, and communities if the government decided to move to Phase 2 of the National Fuel Plan?

Answered by

Hon Erica Stanford

Member for East Coast Bays · National Party · Minister of Education

Answer

I am advised that the Ministry of Education (the Ministry) remains in close contact with schools and early learning services to understand immediate support needs and concerns. Information gathered is used to plan ahead so that the Ministry can respond quickly if needed. At all phases, the focus is on keeping schools open for children and young people to attend. Data to date on Term 1 attendance has not identified significant impacts from the decision to move to Phase 1 of the National Fuel Plan. The detailed information about what changes may be in needed in Phases 2, 3 and 4 is being worked on. I am advised that the Ministry is utilising survey information from schools on fuel usage, as well as information from contracted to third parties, information on distance thresholds from where a student lives to their enrolled school, and school transport data to support its planning. This is also my response to written parliamentary questions 16946, 16947, 16953, 16954 and 16955 (2026).