Search written questions to Ministers and the replies they have received.
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Asked by
Teanau Tuiono
List MP · Green Party
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What advice, reports, briefings, aide memoires, or any other documents has the Minister or any member of their Office requested, if any, during the week beginning 31 August 2026, by title and date?
Parliament dissolved: no reply received
Asked by
Teanau Tuiono
List MP · Green Party
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What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 31 August 2026, by title and date?
Parliament dissolved: no reply received
Asked by
Teanau Tuiono
List MP · Green Party
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What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 31 August 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?
Parliament dissolved: no reply received
Asked by
Jan Tinetti
List MP · Labour Party
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How many, if any, new Early Childhood Education centres opened during the week of August 24th 2026?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education
Ten.
Asked by
Jan Tinetti
List MP · Labour Party
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How many, if any, Early Childhood Education centres permanently closed during the week of August 24th 2026?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education
Four.
Asked by
Jan Tinetti
List MP · Labour Party
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How many, if any, Early Childhood Education centres got their licenses cancelled by the Ministry of Education during the week of August 24th 2026?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education
None.
Asked by
Jan Tinetti
List MP · Labour Party
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How many, if any, Early Childhood Education centres got their licenses suspended by the Ministry of Education during the week of August 24th 2026?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education
None.
Asked by
Jan Tinetti
List MP · Labour Party
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How many, if any, Early Childhood Education centres got their licenses reclassified as a provisional license by the Ministry of Education during the week of August 24th 2026?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education
None.
Asked by
Jan Tinetti
List MP · Labour Party
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How many, if any, written directions have been issued by the Ministry of Education towards an Early Childhood Education centre during the week of August 24th 2026?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education
None.
Asked by
Jan Tinetti
List MP · Labour Party
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How many, if any, children were attending early childhood centres during the week of August 24th 2026; broken down by region?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education
I refer the Member to the attached table showing the number of children attending early childhood centres (ECE) during the week of 24 August 2026. Please note, children may be counted more than once if they attend multiple ECE services…
Asked by
Jan Tinetti
List MP · Labour Party
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How many, if any, early childhood centres were in operation during the week of August 24th 2026; broken down by region?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education
I refer the Member to the attached table showing the number of early childhood centres (ECE) operating during the week of 24 August 2026, broken down by region.
Asked by
Jan Tinetti
List MP · Labour Party
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What advice, if any, has he received about Early Childhood Education during the week of August 24th 2026?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education
I received the following advice regarding Early Childhood Education during the week of 24 August 2026: 27 August 2026 – Readiness to transfer ECE, private schools and hostels regulatory functions (joint briefing from the Education Review…
Asked by
Ginny Andersen
List MP · Labour Party
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How many times, if any, was the same meal delivered to schools during the week of August 24th 2026?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education
The Ministry of Education has advised that, during the week of 24 August 2026, one meal was delivered twice in a week. Information regarding meals served to internal and iwi/hapū model schools is not available.
Asked by
Ginny Andersen
List MP · Labour Party
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How many lunches that were meant to serve specific dietary or religious needs did not meet those needs during the week of August 24th 2026?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education
I am advised by the Ministry of Education that during the week beginning 24 August 2026, there was one dietary meal that did not meet student needs.
Asked by
Ginny Andersen
List MP · Labour Party
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How many, if any, official complaints were made relating to meals provided to schools during the week of August 24th 2026?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education
I am advised that the Ministry of Education received five complaints about meals in the week of 24 August 2026.
Asked by
Ginny Andersen
List MP · Labour Party
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How many, if any, investigations into meals provided to schools were closed during the week of August 24th 2026; if any, what were the findings of the investigation?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education
None.
Asked by
Ginny Andersen
List MP · Labour Party
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How many, if any, investigations into meals provided to schools were opened during the week of August 24th 2026?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education
None.
Asked by
Ginny Andersen
List MP · Labour Party
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How much, if anything, was paid to an external supplier to collect uneaten meals during the week of August 24th 2026?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education
None.
Asked by
Ginny Andersen
List MP · Labour Party
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How many, if any, uneaten meals were collected at the end of the school day by an external supplier during the week of August 24th 2026?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education
I am advised by the Ministry of Education that surplus numbers reported from external model suppliers for the week of 24 August 2026 was 70,358 (12.5 percent of total meals).
Asked by
Ginny Andersen
List MP · Labour Party
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How many, if any, meals were thrown out by schools during the week of August 24th 2026?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education
I am advised by the Ministry of Education that schools in the school lunches programme are required to return surplus meals to their supplier.
Asked by
Carmel Sepuloni
Member for Kelston · Labour Party
Matching question numbers: 38464 (2026), 38480 (2026), 38491 (2026), 39282 (2026)
Question published
On which dates, if any, did the Minister meet with any representative of the Royal District Nursing Service Australia?
Question published
On which dates, if any, did the Minister meet with any representative of the Royal District Nursing Service New Zealand?
Question published
On which dates, if any, did the Minister meet with any representative of Geneva Healthcare?
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On which dates, if any, did the Minister meet the Deputy Chair of the New Zealand Health Group Roger Sowry?
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On which dates, if any, did the Minister meet with any representative of HealthCare New Zealand?
Question published
On which dates, if any, has the Minister meet the Chief Executive of New Zealand Health Group Limited Mike Peters?
Question published
On which dates, if any, has the Minister met with any representative of New Zealand Health Group Limited?
Question published
On which dates, if any, did the Minister meet the Deputy Chair of HealthCare New Zealand Roger Sowry?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Health
My Ministerial diary is proactively released at the following link: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/minister/hon-david-seymour
Asked by
Carmel Sepuloni
Member for Kelston · Labour Party
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On which dates, if any, did any member of the Minister’s office communicate with the Deputy Chair of HealthCare New Zealand Roger Sowry, and by what manner did this communication take place?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Health
My office has not communicated with the Deputy Chair of HealthCare New Zealand.
Asked by
Carmel Sepuloni
Member for Kelston · Labour Party
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On which dates, if any, did any member of the Minister’s office meet the Deputy Chair of HealthCare New Zealand Roger Sowry?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Health
My office has not met with the Deputy Chair of HealthCare New Zealand.
Asked by
Carmel Sepuloni
Member for Kelston · Labour Party
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On which dates, if any, did the Minister communicate with the Deputy Chair of HealthCare New Zealand Roger Sowry, and by what manner did this communication take place?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Health
I have not communicated with the Deputy Chair of HealthCare New Zealand.
Asked by
Carmel Sepuloni
Member for Kelston · Labour Party
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On which dates, if any, did any member of the Minister’s office meet with any representative of the Royal District Nursing Service New Zealand?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Health
My office has not met with the Royal District Nursing Service New Zealand.
Asked by
Carmel Sepuloni
Member for Kelston · Labour Party
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On which dates, if any, did any member of the Minister’s office meet with any representative of the Royal District Nursing Service Australia?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Health
My office has not met with the Royal District Nursing Service New Australia.
Asked by
Carmel Sepuloni
Member for Kelston · Labour Party
On which dates, if any, did any member of the Minister’s office communicate with any representative of the Royal District Nursing Service New Zealand, and by what manner did this communication take place?
On which dates, if any, did the Minister communicate with any representative the Royal District Nursing Service New Zealand, and by what manner did this communication date place?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Health
There has been no communication with the Royal District Nursing Service New Zealand.
Asked by
Carmel Sepuloni
Member for Kelston · Labour Party
On which dates, if any, did the Minister communicate with any representative the Royal District Nursing Service Australia, and by what manner did this communication take place?
On which dates, if any, did any member of the Minister’s office communicate with any representative of the Royal District Nursing Service Australia, and by what manner did this communication date place?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Health
There has been no communication with the Royal District Nursing Service Australia.
Asked by
Carmel Sepuloni
Member for Kelston · Labour Party
On which dates, if any, did any member of the Minister’s office communicate with any representative of Geneva Healthcare, and by what manner did this communication date place?
On which dates, if any, did the Minister communicate with any representative of Geneva Healthcare, and by what manner did this communication date place?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Health
There has been no communication with Geneva Healthcare.
Asked by
Carmel Sepuloni
Member for Kelston · Labour Party
(matches this search)
On which dates, if any, did any member of the Minister’s office meet with any representative of Geneva Healthcare?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Health
My office has not met with Geneva Healthcare.
Asked by
Carmel Sepuloni
Member for Kelston · Labour Party
(matches this search)
On which dates, if any, did any member of the Minister’s office communicate with the Deputy Chair of the New Zealand Health Group Roger Sowry, and by what manner did this communication take place?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Health
My office has not communicated with the Deputy Chair of the New Zealand Health Group.
Asked by
Carmel Sepuloni
Member for Kelston · Labour Party
(matches this search)
On which dates, if any, did any member of the Minister’s office meet the Deputy Chair of the New Zealand Health Group Roger Sowry?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Health
My office has not met with the Deputy Chair of the New Zealand Health Group.
Asked by
Carmel Sepuloni
Member for Kelston · Labour Party
(matches this search)
On which dates, if any, did the Minister communicate with Deputy Chair of the New Zealand Health Group Roger Sowry, and by what manner did this communication date place?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Health
I have not communicated with the Deputy Chair of the New Zealand Health Group.
Asked by
Carmel Sepuloni
Member for Kelston · Labour Party
On which dates, if any, did any member of the Minister’s office communicate with any representative of HealthCare New Zealand, and by what manner did this communication date place?
On which dates, if any, did the Minister communicate with any representative of HealthCare New Zealand, and by what manner did this communication date place?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Health
There has been no communication with HealthCare New Zealand.
Asked by
Carmel Sepuloni
Member for Kelston · Labour Party
(matches this search)
On which dates, if any, did any member of the Minister’s office meet with any representative of HealthCare New Zealand?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Health
My office has not met with HealthCare New Zealand.
Asked by
Carmel Sepuloni
Member for Kelston · Labour Party
On which dates, if any, did any member of the Minister’s office communicate with the Chief Executive of New Zealand Health Group Limited Mike Peters, and by what manner did this communication take place?
On which dates, if any, did any member of the Minister’s office communicate with any representative of New Zealand Health Group Limited, and by what manner did this communication take place?
On which dates, if any, has the Minister communicated with the Chief Executive of New Zealand Health Group Limited Mike Peters, and by what manner did this communication take place?
On which dates, if any, has the Minister communicated with any representative of New Zealand Health Group Limited, and by what manner did this communication take place?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Health
There has been no communication with any member of the New Zealand Health Group.
Asked by
Carmel Sepuloni
Member for Kelston · Labour Party
On which dates, if any, did any member of the Minister’s office meet the Chief Executive of New Zealand Health Group Limited Mike Peters?
On which dates, if any, did any member of the Minister’s office meet with any representative of New Zealand Health Group Limited?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Health
My office has not met with the New Zealand Health Group.
Asked by
Francisco Hernandez
List MP · Green Party
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How much, if any, was spent in the 2023/24 financial year in the Minister's departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, on artificial intelligence, including costs on training…
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Minister for Regulation
None.
Asked by
Francisco Hernandez
List MP · Green Party
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How much, if any, was spent in the 2024/25 financial year in the Minister's departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, on artificial intelligence, including costs on training…
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Minister for Regulation
None.
Asked by
Francisco Hernandez
List MP · Green Party
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How much, if any, was spent in the 2025/26 financial year in the Minister's departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, on artificial intelligence, including costs on training…
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Minister for Regulation
The Ministry for Regulation spent $109,836.90 on artificial intelligence in the 2026 financial year.
Asked by
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 2024 - 30 June 2025?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Minister for Regulation
I refer the Member to question 49 of the responses to pre-hearing written questions for Estimates for Vote Regulation 2026/27.
Asked by
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?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Minister for Regulation
I refer the Member to question 49 of the responses to pre-hearing written questions for Estimates for Vote Regulation 2026/27.
Asked by
Francisco Hernandez
List MP · Green Party
(matches this search)
How much, if any, was spent in the 2025/26 financial year in the Minister's departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, on artificial intelligence, including costs on training…
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education
As the Charter School Agency is a departmental agency, corporate functions including information technology are provided by the Ministry of Education. Therefore, I refer the Member to the Minister of Education’s response to written…
Asked by
Francisco Hernandez
List MP · Green Party
(matches this search)
How much, if any, was spent in the 2024/25 financial year in the Minister's departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, on artificial intelligence, including costs on training…
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education
As the Charter School Agency is a departmental agency, corporate functions including information technology are provided by the Ministry of Education. Therefore, I refer the Member to the Minister of Education’s response to written…
Asked by
Francisco Hernandez
List MP · Green Party
(matches this search)
How much, if any, was spent in the 2023/24 financial year in the Minister's departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, on artificial intelligence, including costs on training…
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education
None, as the Charter School Agency was established on 1 July 2024.
Asked by
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 2024 - 30 June 2025?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education
The Charter School Agency (CSA) reports on how much it spends on consultants its annual report. The CSA spent $101,000 on consultants in the year to 30 June 2025.
Asked by
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?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education
The Charter School Agency spent $43,566 on consultants in the year to 30 June 2026.
Asked by
Francisco Hernandez
List MP · Green Party
(matches this search)
How much, if any, was spent in the 2025/26 financial year in the Minister's departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, on artificial intelligence, including costs on training…
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Health
I refer the Member to my response to Written Parliamentary Question 10248 (2026).
Asked by
Francisco Hernandez
List MP · Green Party
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How much, if any, was spent in the 2024/25 financial year in the Minister's departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, on artificial intelligence, including costs on training…
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Health
I am advised that Pharmac incurred no costs relating to artificial intelligence in the 2024/25 financial year.
Asked by
Francisco Hernandez
List MP · Green Party
(matches this search)
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 2024 - 30 June 2025?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Health
I am advised that Pharmac spent $131,555.73 excluding GST on consultancy costs from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025.