Dear Lauren,

 

I refer to your request of 6 January 2021 under the Official Information
Act 1982. The University’s response follows:

 

“The University collects student demographic data through enrolments with
a compulsory yes or no answer question 'Do you identify as lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex or Takatâpui (LGBTQITakatâpui+)?”

 

This statement is not correct - it is not compulsory to answer this
question.

“How many students enrolled for the 2020 academic year identified as
LGBTQITakatâpui+? How many students enrolled for each of the previous 5
years (2015-2019) identified as LGBTQITakatâpui+?”

 

This information was not collected prior to 2018, so it cannot be provided
for 2015-2017. This constitutes a refusal of your request under section
18(g) of the Official Information Act.

 

896 students enrolled for the 2018 academic year answered “yes” to the
question “Do you identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer,
intersex or Takatâpui (LGBTQITakatâpui+)?

2426 students enrolled for the 2019 academic year answered “yes” to the
question “Do you identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer,
intersex or Takatâpui (LGBTQITakatâpui+)?

2886 students enrolled for the 2020 academic year answered “yes” to the
question “Do you identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer,
intersex or Takatâpui (LGBTQITakatâpui+)?”

 

You have the right to make a complaint to an Ombudsman if you are
dissatisfied with this response.

 

Yours sincerely,

Rebecca Ewert

University of Auckland

 

 

From: Lauren B <[1][FYI request #14408 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 6 January 2021 11:40 PM
To: legal <[2][email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - LGBTQITakatâpui+ data collected
from student enrolments

 

Dear University of Auckland,

The University collects student demographic data through enrolments with a
compulsory yes or no answer question 'Do you identify as lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex or Takatâpui (LGBTQITakatâpui+)?'

How many students enrolled for the 2020 academic year identified as
LGBTQITakatâpui+?

How many students enrolled for each of the previous 5 years (2015-2019)
identified as LGBTQITakatâpui+?

Yours faithfully,

Lauren B

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