Carter Kahurangi; Tuiono TeanauKAHURANGI CARTER (Green): Kia ora. I note that in the Vote Oranga Tamariki (OT) budget on page 158 it states Addressing Serious Youth Offending" funding of $7.342 million.Now when reading the Vote Oranga Tamariki Budget documents for this year we do need to read them alongside the royal commission of inquiry into abuse in care final report. One of the quotes in that is: "There is no evidence that young people had any form of assessment for disability or neurodiversity prior to being placed at Whakapakari" boot camp. Further on page 26 finding No. 53 states: "The incidence of young people with neurodiversity entering the youth justice system is recognised to be high with as many as 40 percent believed to have an intellectual disability and 60 to 70 percent meeting the criteria for Conduct Disorder." Further in a Cabinet paper titled CAB-24-MIN 0209 that went to Cabinet on 10 June there was no mention of—or explicit mention of—the effects of disabled tamariki in the 21 pages.So my question to the Minister is: given the findings of the royal commission of inquiry into abuse in care—particularly in the Te Whakapakari chapter which highlight the lack of assessments for disability or neurodiversity among young people at Whakapakari and the high incidence of neurodiversity within the youth justice system—how does the Minister justify the allocation of $7.342 million for addressing serious youth offending in the Vote OT budget without addressing these critical issues? Furthermore what consultation has the Minister conducted to understand the disproportionate effect of these boot camps that will have on children with disabilities?Further to that I note that in the Vote OT Budget document page 136 it outlines a reduction in the contracting services costs of $120 million over four years—that's $30 million per annum. This has already been well canvassed in this House; however I am interested in the breakdown which notes the $18 million per annum will be cut from "Prevention and Early Support" contracting services.So when reading this Vote like I said we need to be looking at the royal commission of inquiry into abuse in care final report and I want to draw attention of the House to Recommendation 121: "The government should support and adequately invest in: a. programmes for children [and] young people and adults who are in care"—and this is the part that I really want to stress Mr Chair—"or are at risk of being placed in care that are delivered through community organisations".Can the Minister please outline how the proposed reduction of $18 million per annum in contracting services focused on prevention and early support will align with the recommendations from the royal commission of inquiry into abuse in care particularly Recommendation 121 which emphasises the need for adequate investment into programmes for those in or at risk of being placed in care; and how this reduction will affect Oranga Tamariki's ability to fulfil its purpose as outlined in the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 section 4(1)(b)(i) which focuses on prevention?The Budget also notes that investing in children and young people was $1.499 billion in 2024/25 compared to $1.546 billion in 2023/24—that is a $47 million decrease. The decrease in appropriation is due to reduction in contracting service costs funding decrease of $30 million. Can the Minister explain to the House what direction she will provide her ministry regarding contracting services in the 2024/25 Budget when organisations are achieving 96 percent key performance indicators (KPIs) and still being cut funding? I'm talking about Kia Puāwai family functional therapy which had a 96 percent KPI—CHAIRPERSON (Teanau Tuiono): The member's time has expired."