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How much, if any, did the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, spend on consultancy costs, from 1 July 2025 - 30 June 2026?

Answered Question 38939 (2026)
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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  • How much, if any, did the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, spend on consultancy costs, from 1 July 2025 - 30 June 2026?

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Hon Scott Simpson

Member for Coromandel · National Party · Minister of Statistics

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Stats NZ’s spend on consultancy services for the 2025/26 financial year to 30 March 2026 is publicly available on the Parliament website as part of the 2025/26 Estimates Examination of Vote Statistics: https://www3.parliament.nz/resource/en-NZ/54SCGOA_EVI_479aa8b7-8908-4d8a-a161-08dec02a9cfd_GOA56554/a9d15df6f974d005f48fe7eadbddf468e588a798. Information on spend on consultancy services for the financial year to 30 June 2026 will be available in the 2025/26 Stats NZ Annual Report that is due to be published in October 2026.