IN-CONFIDENCE

Mr Carl Langan
[FYI request #15220 email]

Tēnā koe Mr Langan

Thank  you  for  your  email of 19 April 2021  to  Oranga  Tamariki—Ministry for
Children  (Oranga Tamariki),  requesting the following information  under the
Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
  •  I would like to request details of the international travel costs incurred by
Oranga Tamariki over the last three financial years.
  •  This should included budgeted costs and actual amounts spent, broken
down by financial year.

Please see the table below for the data you have requested.

Table one: Oranga Tamariki international travel costs, by budgeted amount
and actual amount spent per financial year 2017-2021
  Financial year
2017/18
2018/19
2019/20
2020/21*
Budgeted amount
$158,856.00
$129,020.00
$99,047.00  $134,714.00
Actual costs
$47,635.00
$86,161.00
$35,478.37
$1,315.71
*As at 31 March 2021

Al  international travel, including trips to Australia, must be approved by the
relevant Deputy Chief Executive or the Chief Executive prior to travel. The Chief
Financial Officer has delegated authority to approve international travel for the
Chief Executive.

Oranga Tamariki intends to make the information contained in this letter available
to the wider public shortly. We wil  do this by publishing this letter 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.

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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

Steve Groom
General Manager Public, Ministerial and Executive Services
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