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Dear Sarah Vaughan   

 

 

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-----Original Message-----

From: Sarah Vaughan
[[4]mailto:[FOI #10628 email]]

Sent: Saturday, 29 June 2019 9:57 a.m.

To: Enquiries National <[5][email address]>

Subject: Official Information request - Physical restraint advisory group

 

Dear Ministry of Education,

 

You are currently running an advisory group to review the physical
restraint guidelines. Can you please provide  the following:

 

- name of the members of the advisory group and the organisations they
represent

- the terms of reference for the group

- the name of the group's chair/convener, and the organisation they
represent

- the name and position of the person(s) the group is reporting to, and
the expectations on the group for progress and final reporting to said
person(s)

- copies of agendas and accompanying papers for all advisory group
meetings

- copies of minutes and all meeting notes from advisory group meetings

- copies of papers and advice provided to the advisory group

- copies of advice and papers from the advisory group given to the person
they are reporting to, the Ministry or Minister responsible for the work 

- information about the decision making process for constituting the
advisory group, the reason for its establishment, and why, how and when
individual members were appointed.

- the groups forward meeting schedule

- information about budget for the work and renumeration rates for members
of the advisory group

 

Can you please also provide:

- since 1 January 2017, copies of reports/advice/papers provided to the
Ministry of Education or Minister responsible about the physical restraint
guidelines from the Teaching Council (or then Education Council), and the
Ministry's/Ministers response to these.

- copies of all guidelines for schools related to physical restraint and
seclusion/timeout room issued since 1995. Please include updated and
amended versions.

- information about membership (names and organisations represented) of
advisory groups or equivalent that the ministry has convened since 2000 to
discuss or review guidelines or guidance related to physical restraint or
seclusion/timeout rooms. Please also indicate the date range these groups
were active, and the names these groups were known by.

- since 1 Jan 2016, correspondence from unions, union spokespeople,
teacher representatives, and NZSTA related to the physical restraint
guidelines, and any subsequent responses from officials or the minister.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Sarah Vaughan

 

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Dear Sarah

 

Please see attached your OIA extension letter 1198132.

 

 

Kind regards

 

Enquiries National Team | Ministry of Education | IB

33 Bowen Street, Wellington

 

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Tēnā koe Sarah

 

Thank you for your email of 29 June 2019 to the Ministry of Education
requesting the following information:

 

You are currently running an advisory group to review the physical
restraint guidelines. Can you please provide the following:

a.      name of the members of the advisory group and the organisations
they represent

b.      the terms of reference for the group

c.       the name of the group's chair/convener, and the organisation they
represent

d.      the name and position of the person(s) the group is reporting to,
and the expectations on the group for progress and final reporting to said
person(s)

e.       copies of agendas and accompanying papers for all advisory group
meetings

f.        copies of minutes and all meeting notes from advisory group
meetings

g.      copies of papers and advice provided to the advisory group

h.      copies of advice and papers from the advisory group given to the
person they are reporting to, the Ministry or Minister responsible for the
work

i.         information about the decision making process for constituting
the advisory group, the reason for its establishment, and why, how and
when individual members were appointed.

j.        the groups forward meeting schedule

k.       information about budget for the work and renumeration rates for
members of the advisory group

 

Can you please also provide:

l.         since 1 January 2017, copies of reports/advice/papers provided
to the Ministry of Education or Minister responsible about the physical
restraint guidelines from the Teaching Council (or then Education
Council), and the Ministry's/Ministers response to these.

m.    copies of all guidelines for schools related to physical restraint
and seclusion/timeout room issued since 1995. Please include updated and
amended versions.

n.      information about membership (names and organisations represented)
of advisory groups or equivalent that the ministry has convened since 2000
to discuss or review guidelines or guidance related to physical restraint
or seclusion/timeout rooms. Please also indicate the date range these
groups were active, and the names these groups were known by.

o.      since 1 Jan 2016, correspondence from unions, union spokespeople,
teacher representatives, and NZSTA related to the physical restraint
guidelines, and any subsequent responses from officials or the minister.

 

Your request has been considered under the Official Information Act 1982
(the Act). In accordance with section 15(1) of the Act, this email is to
advise you that a decision has been made to grant your request.

 

We are proposing to release eight appendices with the information
identified as within scope of your request with information withheld under
section 9(2)(a) of the Act, to protect the privacy of natural persons.

 

The documents are being prepared for release and will be sent to you in
due course.

 

Nāku noa

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Kia ora Sarah

 

 

Please see attached the response to your OIA request of 29 June 2019. Due
to the size of the attachments we will be sending the response in two
emails, this is email 1 of 2.

 

 

Ngā mihi

 

 

Enquiries National Team | Ministry of Education | SH

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Kia ora Sarah

 

 

Please see attached the response to your OIA request of 29 June 2019. Due
to the size of the attachments we will be sending the response in two
emails, this is email 2 of 2.

 

 

Ngā mihi

 

 

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