Written questions

Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

• 30296

  What advice, if any, has the Minister received confirming that no Ministry of Social Development staff member's employment depends on whether the emergency housing target is met?

• 30327

  What written advice, if any, did the Minister receive regarding the potential impact on emergency housing applicants of linking reduction targets to staff performance management?

Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

• How many emergency housing applications were declined in each month since 27 November 2023, and how many of those applicants, if any, received any alternative support?

Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

• What is the Minister's definition of the "operational" boundary that distinguishes the Chief Executive's responsibility from his own accountability for the emergency housing target?

Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

• Will the performance management KPI letter issued to Ministry of Social Development staff on 3 July 2025 be reissued or amended for the 2026/27 year, if not, why not?

Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

• What data, if any, do officials hold on unrecorded housing need arising from declined or discouraged emergency housing applications?

Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

• What assessment, if any, has the Minister made of the Salvation Army briefing finding that none of 21 agencies reported a reduction in homelessness and 14 reported increases?

Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

• What is the source and methodology of the Homelessness Insights report figures cited as reducing from 940 to approximately 550 by March 2025?

Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

• How many people, if any, have moved into the 300 Housing First places announced in September 2025, as distinct from pre-existing places?

Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

• What was the recorded number of people rough sleeping in Auckland in each of the last 24 months?

Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

• How many Housing First places were funded but unfilled by providers before September 2025?

Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

• What proportion of people declined emergency housing were offered no alternative support on eligibility grounds, in each month since January 2024?

Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

• What is known, if anything, about the destination of families who left immediate access transitional housing since the scheme's launch and did not move into long-term housing?

Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

• 30308

  How many children, if any, who left emergency housing motels since the Minister took office were exits other than "priority one", and what is known about their subsequent housing?

• 30310

  How many, if any, of the approximately 650 Hamilton children have a housing destination recorded as "unknown"?

• 30311

  Of the Hamilton children who left emergency housing motels other than through Priority One, how many have a recorded housing destination, broken down by housing state?

• 30312

  Of the approximately 650 children the Minister states left Hamilton emergency housing motels, how many left through the Priority One category and how many through other exit pathways?

Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

• Did the approximately 650 Hamilton children cited by the Minister relate to contracted emergency housing, non-contracted (Emergency Housing Special Needs Grant) emergency housing, or both?

Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

• 30313

  What obligation, if any, do officials have to establish where a child goes on leaving emergency housing when the exit is not a Priority One placement?

• 30315

  What steps do officials take, if any, to record the housing destination of children who exit emergency housing other than through the Priority One category?

Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

• For how long, if at all, does the Ministry track whether a child placed into social housing through Priority One remains housed?

Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

• How many children, if any, placed into social housing through the Priority One category have subsequently returned to emergency housing, since January 2024?

Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

• What is the average and longest length of time children spent in emergency housing before a Priority One social housing placement?

Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

• How many Priority One social housing placements were into Kāinga Ora housing and how many into community housing provider housing since January 2024, broken down by month?

Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

• How many children, if any, flagged under the Priority One category exited emergency housing into a destination other than social housing?

Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

• What data source and reporting date underpins the Minister's claim that all children who exited emergency housing motels through the Priority One category went into social housing?

Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

• How many children have moved from emergency housing into social housing through the Priority One category since January 2024?

Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

• How many of the children who left emergency housing motels since the Minister took office were classified as "priority one" exits, broken down by month?

Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

• When was the Minister first advised, if at all, that emergency housing reduction targets were being linked to individual staff performance management?

Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

• How many Ministry of Social Development staff, if any, have been placed under performance management for not meeting emergency housing reduction targets since 1 January 2024?

Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

• What concerns, if any did the Minister raise with the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development about targets being enforced through performance management, and on what date?

Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

• How many children were living in emergency housing motels in the month the Minister took office, and how many are there now?

Asked by

Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

• Does the Associate Minister stand by his statement that the Auditor-General is "facing some real credibility issues" in regards to the release of their inquiry into the school lunches programme; if so, what aspects of the Auditor-General's…

Asked by

Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

• 30333

  What aspects, if any, of the School Lunch Collective's contract are they not achieving, and how are they being addressed?

• 30334

  What aspects of the School Lunch Collective's contract are they achieving?

• 30337

  What up to date figures, if any, does the Associate Minister have on the percentage of School Lunch Collective meals meeting contractual nutrition standards?

Asked by

Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

• What up to date figures, if any, does the Associate Minister have on the percentage of School Lunch Collective meals meeting delivery targets?

Asked by

Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

• What up to date figures, if any, does the Associate Minister have on the percentage of School Lunch Collective meals meeting waste/surplus standards?

Asked by

Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

• How many children will have access to the expanded Enrich scheme?

Asked by

Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

• How many children are currently in Early Childhood Education?

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

• Further to his reply to Written Question 29480, can the New Zealand Defence Force continue to use the MH-60R at its regular capabilities should the United States withdraw through-life support?

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

• Further to his reply to Written Question 29480, what contingencies, if any, does the New Zealand Government have in place should the United States withdraw through-life support?

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

• Further to his reply to Written Question 29480, what through-life support will the United States provide in relation to the MH-60R?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What are the principal risks currently identified to delivering the Cook Strait ferry replacement programme on time and on budget, if any, and what advice has the Minister received on the likelihood of the end-of-2029 in-service date being…

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What is the latest programmed delivery and in-service date for each of the two new Cook Strait ferries?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• Does the Minister for Rail accept reporting that the Cook Strait ferry replacement programme is already materially over its approved budget, and what is the current variance against the budget allocated by Cabinet?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What is the current total estimated cost of the Cook Strait ferry replacement programme, broken down by ships, Picton infrastructure, Wellington infrastructure, and programme management and contingency?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• Will the Minister for Rail make public the Interim Development Agreements reached with Port Marlborough and CentrePort for the Cook Strait ferry replacement programme, and if not, why not?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• Have construction contracts been signed for the port-side infrastructure at Picton and Wellington required to berth the two new Cook Strait ferries, and if not, when are they expected to be signed?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• Has "Final Approval to Deliver" for the Cook Strait ferry replacement programme been granted, and if not, when is it expected and can construction of the vessels proceed before it is granted?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What refund or refund-guarantee arrangements apply under the Cook Strait ferry shipbuilding contract if it is terminated before or during construction of the vessels, if any?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What payments have been made to Guangzhou Shipyard International under the Cook Strait ferry shipbuilding contract to date, and what is the milestone payment schedule for the remainder of the contract?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What is the programmed construction-start date for each of the two new Cook Strait ferries at Guangzhou Shipyard International?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• Does the shipbuilding contract signed in November 2025 between Ferry Holdings Limited and Guangzhou Shipyard International contain any conditions precedent that must be satisfied before construction of the vessels can begin, and if so,…

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• Has Ferry Holdings Limited issued a formal notice to proceed, or equivalent instruction, authorising Guangzhou Shipyard International to begin building the two new Cook Strait ferries, and if so, on what date?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• Has physical construction of either of the two new Cook Strait ferries commenced at Guangzhou Shipyard International, and if so, on what date did steel-cutting or keel-laying begin for each vessel?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• Further to reply 27653 (2026), how does increasing the Crown's capital contribution to take advantage of its "lower cost of capital" reconcile with the reply's stated aim of "retaining sufficient transfer of risk from the Crown to the PPP…