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What oversight, if any, did the Public Service Commission exercise over the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's Biometric Capability Update (BCU) project between its commencement in November 2018 and its discontinuation in November 2025? and 4 other questions

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  • 28809

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    What oversight, if any, did the Public Service Commission exercise over the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's Biometric Capability Update (BCU) project between its commencement in November 2018 and its discontinuation in November 2025?

  • 28810

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    Which other major technology projects within the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment or the wider public service does the Public Service Commission consider may be exposed to the same integrity, governance and financial management failings identified in the Biometric Capability Update (BCU) project?

  • 28811

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    What is the Public Service Commission's understanding of the total amount of public money spent on the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's Biometric Capability Update (BCU) project, given the independent review's finding that tracking total expenditure was challenging?

  • 28812

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    What action, if any, can the Public Service Commission recommend regarding the recovery of public funds expended on the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's Biometric Capability Update (BCU) project, whether from suppliers or otherwise?

  • 28931

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    How will the Public Service Commission's investigation reconcile the $33 million figure attributed to the Biometric Capability Update (BCU) project with the $31.2 million write-off provided for in Budget 2026?

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Hon Paul Goldsmith

List MP · National Party · Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government

Answer

Oversight and accountability of agency projects such as Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's Biometric Capability Update (BCU) are matters for the relevant chief executive, not the Public Service Commission.