Williams Poto: Oral Questions — Questions to MinistersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeWilliams Poto: Oral Questions — Questions to Ministers[Sitting date: 31 March 2016. Volume:712;Page:10097. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]10.POTO WILLIAMS (Labour—Christchurch East) to the Associate Minister for Social Development: Is she reviewing family violence and sexual violence services as part of the Ministry’s line-by-line review of contracts?Hon JO GOODHEW (Associate Minister for Social Development): The line-by-line reviews which are part of the Community Investment Strategy are internal reviews of some of the services that the ministry funds. This does include both family violence and sexual violence services alongside a multitude of other services funded within the community investment portfolio. This work will align with wider cross-Government agency work—in particular the ministerial programme of work on family violence and sexual violence. The ministerial group is reviewing all aspects of Government spend in this area to ensure better intervention and results for victims and perpetrators. No decisions have been made yet.Poto Williams: What percentage of family violence and sexual violence contracts does she expect will be cancelled or not renewed?Hon JO GOODHEW: As I said in my answer to the primary question no decisions have been made yet and I will not be speculating.Poto Williams: If she believes there is a duplication of services within the sector can she advise where the duplication is considering providers are struggling with over 100000 reported family violence incidents each year?Hon JO GOODHEW: The reason we are going through this line-by-line review is to ensure that what we get out the other end is better services that are more appropriately targeted to get results for vulnerable New Zealanders. I am not going to speculate or get ahead of myself or the work that is being done and it would be mischievous to do so.Poto Williams: Does she agree with the UN that New Zealand has the worst rates of sexual violence in the OECD with a quarter of all women reporting a sexual offence; if so is this the right time to be considering cuts to services?Hon JO GOODHEW: First of all I want to disagree with the premise of the member’s question because I do not believe she was accurate in that. However I do want to say that unlike previous Governments we intend to do things differently. This Government will do things differently to make a difference in the end but it is not a simple matter. We have said that the money that is currently in the community investment portfolio will not be reduced. The money will still be spent on services that make a difference and that is what matters.Poto Williams: Is it appropriate to be considering cuts to the sexual violence services when providers say they are underfunded and struggling to meet demand while receiving increased requests for help?Hon JO GOODHEW: It is distressing to hear the member purport to say that we are doing something we have clearly and repeatedly said we are not. We are investing the same amount of money. What this Government wants is results and that is what we think victims and perpetrators deserve as well.