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7 September 2020
B. Clarke
By email: [FYI request #13489 email]
Ref:
H202006052
Dear B. Clarke
Response to your request for official information Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) to the Ministry of
Health (the Ministry) on 10 August 2020 for:
“Please provide copies of all advice and memoranda (in whatever form) dealing with
policy arguments for and against (a) the use of "managed isolation" and (b) charging
users for their stay in "managed isolation".”
In accordance with section 18B of the Act, you were consulted on 3 September 2020 to clarify
your request. As a response has not been received to date, your request for this information is
refused under section 18(f) of the Act, as your request is currently worded for a very large
volume of information.
If you would like to submit your request for information again, can you please send through a
clarified version to:
[email address]. Under section 28(3) of the Act you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review any
decisions made under this request.
Yours sincerely
Nick Allan
Manager OIA Services
Office of the Director-General