8 July 2021
Ministerial and Secretariat Services
45 Pipitea St, Thorndon
PO Box 805, Wel ington 6140, New Zealand
Phone +64 4 495 7200
Fax +64 4 470 2942
Lional Jones
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e www.dia.govt.nz
[FYI request #15622 email]
Dear Lional Jones
Official Information Act request (OIA 2021-0720)
I refer to your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request transferred to the Department
of Internal Affairs (the Department) on 11 June 2021. Your request sought the following
information:
From the start of October 2017 to today’s date, how many separate investigations were
carried out involving staff either employed in Minister’s offices or supporting Minister’s
offices, and break down into:
A) Complaints made against Ministers versus complaints made against either staff in
Minister’s offices, or supporting Minister’s offices
B) Number of staff that resigned during or after an investigation involving them
C) Number of staff that were otherwise dismissed or left employment or were
redeployed during or after an investigation involving them
D) Number of complaints that resulted in a payment at the conclusion (regardless of
outcome) of an investigation
E) As at today’s date, the number of open or ongoing investigations involving staff
either employed in Minister’s offices or supporting Minister’s offices
For the purpose of this OIA “staff supporting Minister’s offices” shall be defined as staff
employed by Parliamentary or Ministerial Services.
In view of the consultation necessary to enable this request to be completed I am extending
the request timeframes by 10 working days under section 15A (1) of the Act as:
b) consultations necessary to make a decision on the request are such that a proper
response to the request cannot reasonably be made within the original time limit.
The revised response date will be 22 July 2021. If the response is ready before that date, we
wil send it to you sooner.
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
Briget Ridden
Acting General Manager
Ministerial and Secretariat Services
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