7 August 2020
Mr John Luke
[FYI request #13317 email]
Tēnā koe Mr Luke
Thank you for your email of 14 July 2020 to Oranga Tamariki—Ministry for Children
(Oranga Tamariki), requesting the following information under the Official Information
Act 1982 (the Act):
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I understand you have an Oranga Tamariki’s Chief Executive’s Advisory Panel.
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Can you please provide member of this Panel and their bio, how much money they
have been paid for Panel business or meeting, what is their reimbursement policy
looks like.
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Also, what is their current term of appointment and how you cal for expression
from the public. Any term of reference of this Panel and their recent minutes of
meetings (e.g. from Jan 2019 to now)
Please find our response to your request below. Each of your questions wil be answered
in turn.
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Can you please provide member of this Panel and their bio, how much money they
have been paid for Panel business or meeting, what is their reimbursement policy
looks like.
The running of the Chief Executive’s Advisory Panel (CEAP) was formal y transferred to
Oranga Tamariki by the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development on 1
November 2017. The CEAP assists the Chief Executive of Oranga Tamariki (the CE) in
her review of complaints about Oranga Tamariki decision-making, processes and case-
management and social work functions, when those complaints have not been resolved
within our internal complaints resolution system. It consists of eight members, including
a Chair and Executive Chair. We have enclosed with this response a document outlining
the background and relevant experience of each of the current CEAP members.
CEAP members are paid on a fee for service basis under the Cabinet Office Fees
Framework circular CO (19) 1 as a Group 4 Level 2 body. The CEAP Chair is remunerated
at $530.00 for a full day or $66.25 per hour pro-rata if working less than a ful day. CEAP
members are remunerated at $364.00 for a full day or $45.50 per hour pro-rata. A ‘full
day’ is considered 6 hours or more work in a day. Members are also reimbursed actual
costs for certain out-of-pocket expenses, including postage costs, courier fees and taxis.
For reimbursements to be made, the members have to provide original GST-inclusive
receipts and complete an expense claims form.
•
Also, what is their current term of appointment and how you cal for expression
from the public. Any term of reference of this Panel and their recent minutes of
meetings (e.g. from Jan 2019 to now)
The current CEAP members’ date of appointment and expiry of current term, can be
found in the table below.
Name
Date of
Expiry of Current
Appointment
Term
Shenagh Gleisner (
Chair)
1 July 2018
31 March 2021
Mary Slater (
Executive Chair)
1 September 2017
31 March 2021
Andrew Holmes
17 June 2013
31 October 2020
Robyn Corrigan
17 June 2013
31 October 2021
Beverley Wakem
1 July 2016
31 March 2021
Paul von Dadelszen
1 September 2017
31 March 2021
Gina Langlands
1 July 2018
31 March 2021
Mike Ross
1 July 2018
31 March 2021
The CE appoints members for the CEAP by seeking expressions of interest from
individuals with the appropriate characteristics and experience. Al appointed members
come from outside of Oranga Tamariki to maintain an independent view on the
processes of the Ministry.
Please find enclosed with this response, a copy of the CEAP ‘Terms of Reference’. This
document is currently in the process of being updated to better reflect the Ministry’s
values and objectives.
Once the CEAP have attended a meeting, it prepares a CE Panel Report that outlines its
findings and proposed recommendations, for the consideration of the CE. These reports
are case specific and are only released to the complainants involved. The only time the
CEAP convene outside of these meetings, is to attend workshops. Oranga Tamariki
general y holds two workshops a year for the CEAP, where updates of any changes in
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policy and practice are provided to the members. This is also a chance for members to
meet with the CE. No minutes are taken from these workshops as they are an
information gathering exercise intended for collaborative and open discussion.
Accordingly, your request for minutes of CEAP meetings is refused under section 18(e)
of the Act, as the information requested does not exist.
Oranga Tamariki intends to make the information contained in this letter and any
attached documents available to the wider public shortly. We wil do this by publishing
this letter and attachments
on our website. Your personal details wil be deleted, and we
wil not publish any information that would identify you as the person who requested the
information.
If you wish to discuss this response with us, please feel free to contact
[email address].
If you are not satisfied with this response, you have the right to ask an Ombudsman to
review this decision.
Information about this
is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by contacting them on 0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, nā
Claire Mortimer
Acting General Manager Public, Ministerial and Executive Services
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