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What is the total cost of the independent review of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's biometric projects (the Biometric Capability Update (BCU), BCCU and In-Person Enrolment (IPE) projects) on which the Public Service Commission's investigation is based?

Answered Question 28825 (2026)
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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  • What is the total cost of the independent review of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's biometric projects (the Biometric Capability Update (BCU), BCCU and In-Person Enrolment (IPE) projects) on which the Public Service Commission's investigation is based?

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Hon Paul Goldsmith

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

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I am advised that this information is not held by the Public Service Commission. 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.