Hon ANDREW LITTLE: The Government last year approved $282.5 million over a three-year period to deal with the backlog caused by lockdowns last year. We've also approved an additional $90 million in this year's Budget to continue to assist DHBs with that work. The reality is, lockdowns and COVID outbreaks cause disruption and cause disruption to DHBs and hospitals; that will have continued in the most recent lockdown, and I'm confident that the ministry, in its engagement with DHBs, is closely monitoring what is happening and further assistance will be provided as required.