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Information for New Members of Crown Entity Boards Crown copyright: State Services Commission, February

Outline of content 1What are Crown entities and where do they fit in the State services environment? 2How do Ministers influence Crown entities? 3Accountability and scrutiny of Crown entities 4Developing effective relationships 5Governing a Crown entity 6Expectations of board members 7Applying public sector values 8Additional resources Crown copyright: State Services Commission, February

3As part of the State services, Crown entities must collaborate with other entities where practicable, demonstrate high standards of accountability, and expect to experience considerable public scrutiny… Crown copyright: State Services Commission, February

Delivering better public services Working together with other agencies, as part of the whole State Services system Key initiatives to deliver better public services include:  Focus on Results – driving collaboration for service improvement  Stewardship – building excellent public institutions  System leadership roles – including the role of the State Services Commissioner as ‘Head of the State Services’, and functional leadership roles for Property, Procurement, and ICT 4 Crown copyright: State Services Commission, February 2014

Accountability to Parliament… Despite their ‘arm’s length’ relationship, Crown entities operate within a political setting Ministers responsible for Crown entities are answerable to Parliament A Crown entity can support its Minister by, for example:  appropriate and transparent reporting (often by supplying information via the monitoring department)  open and constructive engagement with Select Committees  Following a ‘no surprises’ approach 5 Crown copyright: State Services Commission, February 2014

…scrutiny by Select Committees… Crown entities may appear before Select Committees:  As witnesses (e.g. in relation to Estimates, financial review or enquiries)  As advisors (e.g. on a bill) See guidelines at committeeswww.ssc.govt.nz/officials-and-select- committees Information and answers must be full and honest Parliamentary privilege applies. There must be no pressure on officials, or action taken against them, for giving evidence. 6 Crown copyright: State Services Commission, February 2014

Select committees - continued Entities should be represented at an appropriate level: usually the chair in respect of Crown entities Entities should take a "no surprises" approach with their Minister e.g. giving advance notification of a submission ‘Protections’ are available to officials but, given a Crown entity's accountability to its board and Minister, loss of confidence could result from flouting the conventions Responsibility for explaining and justifying government policy ultimately rests with Ministers Board members can appear in a personal capacity 7 Crown copyright: State Services Commission, February 2014

… contributing to answers to Parliamentary Questions, OI Act requests, Ministerial correspondence, etc… Ministers have to respond to various forms of request for information concerning Crown entities in their portfolios Crown entities need to provide information to enable Ministers’ offices or departments to prepare appropriate and accurate responses The timelines for responses can be very short Documents created by Crown entities (even internal s) are subject to disclosure under the Official Information Act All of this place strong disciplines on departments and entities re record-keeping, productive relationships, responsive processes, etc 8 Crown copyright: State Services Commission, February 2014

…and also, through the audit process The Office of the Auditor-General gives Parliament, Crown entities and the public independent assurance that Crown entities are:  carrying out their activities effectively, efficiently and appropriately  using public funds wisely  reporting their performance accurately OAG audits information of almost 3000 Crown entities(*) on what has been spent and achieved, does some more in-depth performance audits and inquiries, and provides advice to Parliament when it financially reviews Crown entities (*) incl almost 2500 School Boards of Trustees 9 Crown copyright: State Services Commission, February 2014