17 August 2020
Ref: DOIA 2021-0211
Blaize McCabe
[FYI request #13168 email] Dear Blaize
Thank you for your email of 28 June 2020, received by the Ministry of Health. Your request was partially
transferred to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet on 28 July 2020; however, as the Ministry
of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is now the agency responsible for Managed Isolation
and Quarantine, MBIE is responding to your request, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act)
for the following information:
Please provide a list of every Hotel or other facility that has been or is currently being used by
the Government as a Managed Isolation Facility in New Zealand, and the current cost occurred
so far for each facility, in regards to room cost, food etc.
Please also provide information about the number of people who have stayed in each facility
since March 25th 2020, and if available, the estimated cost per person to stay in a Managed
Isolation Facility.
Please note that any requests for information regarding costs still remain under the responsibility of the
Ministry of Health to respond to.
The number of facilities has increased over time, therefore facilities used initially are still in use. The
current list of Managed Isolation and Quarantine Facilities can be found on the Unite against Covid-19
website as follows:
https://covid19.govt.nz/travel-and-the-border/border-restrictions/managed-
isolation-and-quarantine/facility-names-and-locations/. Further statistics, including occupancy data, can be found on the Unite against Covid-19 website as
follo
ws:https://covid19.govt.nz/updates-and-resources/data-and-statistics/miq-data/. Therefore, I am refusing your request for this information under section 18(d) of the Act as the
information requested is publically available.
I do not consider that the withholding of this information is outweighed by public interest
considerations in making the information available.
I trust you find the information helpful. You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the
Ombudsman of this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
Air Commodore Darryn Webb
Head of Managed Isolation and Quarantine
COVID-19 All of Government Response Group
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