How many confidential settlement agreements, non-disclosure agreements or confidentiality clauses, if any, have been entered into with employees, former employees, contractors, or office holders by any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible since 27 November 2023, broken down by organisation, total cost, and year, as at 5 June 2026?

Answer

I refer the Member to reply number WPQ 56102 (2025), which relates to financial settlements. I am advised by the Ministry for Pacific Peoples that there has been one confidential settlement agreement involving a financial settlement since 27 November 2023, with a total cost of $16,500, in the 2024/25 financial year. In addition, a further four confidential agreements have been entered into during this period that did not involve financial settlement payments. These relate to standard employment arrangements, including agreed departures and payments such as notice in lieu.