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Number of deaths of beneficiaries transitioning from sickness benefit to jobseeker allowance

A. Wood made this Official Information request to Ministry of Social Development

The request was refused by Ministry of Social Development.

From: A. Wood

Dear Ministry of Social Development,

Under section 12 of the Official Information Act, I hereby respectfully request any and all information pertaining to the number of persons formerly on the sickness benefit who have since died during the transition period to the new jobseeker support allowance.

I also request any information the ministry may have about the impacts of this transition from sickness benefit to jobseeker allowance on the mental and physical health of the beneficiaries in question.

Thanking you for your time and attention in this matter,

Sincerely,

A. Wood

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From: OIA_Requests (MSD)
Ministry of Social Development

Dear A Wood

Thank you for your email received 20 February 2014, under the Official Information Act 1982. Your request has been forwarded to the appropriate officials at National office to respond. You may expect a response to be sent to you as soon as possible.
 
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Official and Parliamentary Information team   |  Ministerial and Executive Services
Ministry of Social Development

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Ministry of Social Development

Attachment Wood A Final Response dated 20 March 2014.pdf
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Dear A Wood,

Please find attached the Ministry's response to your Official Information Act request of 20 February 2014
 
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Official and Parliamentary Information team   |  Ministerial and Executive Services
Ministry of Social Development

Our Purpose:
We help New Zealanders to help themselves to be safe, strong and independent
Ko ta mātou he whakamana tangata kia tū haumaru, kia tū kaha, kia tū motuhake

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Fiona left an annotation ()

This happend in England and I am guessing that is where MS Benefit got her idea for the new benefit names....

'No one should die penniless and alone': the victims of Britain's harsh welfare sanctions

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/...

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Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) left an annotation ()

I'm not sure why the PDF download is getting mangled, but you can still see the response in the View as HTML link - so I will mark this request as successful.

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