What contractor or consultant engagements, if any, are currently active across any department or entity for which the Minister is responsible, where the individual contractor or consultant is being paid at a rate exceeding $200 per hour, listed by department or entity, role or engagement description, daily or hourly rate, and contract start date?

Answer

I am advised the Public Service Commission does not record the hourly rate of its contractor or consultant engagements in its contracts register. Instead, the register records the maximum value payable under the contract. Each year, the Commission (along with other Public Service departments and departmental agencies) are required to report on the contractors they have used, including the total sum paid and a description of the services provided, through Select Committee Estimates questions. This information is publicly available on the Parliament website at the following link: https://www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/submissions-and-advice/document/54SCGOA_EVI_d7846180-2b1a-4ac6-cdc7-08dd9cbad1c0_GOA37369/minister-for-the-public-service-responses-to-supplementary