MBIE's boss says the Public Service Commissioner refused his offer to resign, after revelations his agency misled MPs in a select committee.

Chief Executive Nic Blakeley says they got it wrong and he's deeply disappointed. 

Immigration Minister Erica Stanford has also expressed confidence in Blakeley. 

Blakeley says the answers given to the committee were because of commercial sensitivities. 

He explained that he will be making changes. 

"We should always give complete and clear information to the committee, and if we can't, we should be able to say why we couldn't've done that."  

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