Briefing notes on mental health spending
Matthew Hooton made this Official Information request to Andrew Little
The request was successful.
      From: Matthew Hooton
      
    
    Dear Andrew Little,
You will have seen and were the subject of a Newshub report indicating that of the $1.9 billion new mental health spending announced in the 2019 “wellbeing” budget, just $541,000 has been spent on new mental health facilities. See https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/...
Under the Official Information Act, I request;
1) the date on which you became aware that less than $1 million of the $1.9 billion had been spent on new facilities
2) the dates since your appointment as Minister of Health on which you have requested or received written reports from the Ministry of Health on progress allocating and in fact spending the $1.9 billion. I do not require copies of these reports, or any information on verbal reports requested or received.
Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
Matthew Hooton
        From: A Little Office (MIN)
        Andrew Little
      
    
    Tçnâ koe
 
 
Thank you for contacting the office of Hon Andrew Little MP, Minister of
 Health, Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Minister Responsible
 for the NZSIS, Minister Responsible for the GCSB and Minister Responsible
 for Pike River Re-entry.
 
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Ngâ mihi
 
Office of Hon Andrew Little MP
 Reception +64 4 817 8707 | Ministerial Email [Andrew Little request email] |
 Web [3]beehive.govt.nz | Postal Freepost Parliament, Private Bag 18 041,
 Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand
 
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        From: Georgia Roden
      
    
    Kia ora
Thank you for your email received 22 June 2021 in which you submitted an Official Information Act request to the Hon Andrew Little, Minister of Health.
"1) the date on which you became aware that less than $1 million of the $1.9 billion had been spent on new facilities
2) the dates since your appointment as Minister of Health on which you have requested or received written reports from the Ministry of Health on progress allocating and in fact spending the $1.9 billion. I do not require copies of these reports, or any information on verbal reports requested or received."
Pursuant to section 15 (1) of the Act we will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and no later than 20 July 2021 being 20 working days after the day your request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request within this timeframe, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.
If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
Ngā mihi nui
Georgia Roden
Private Secretary, Health
Email [email address]
Office of Hon Andrew Little MP, Minister of Health, Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Minister Responsible for the NZSIS, Minister Responsible for the GCSB, Minister Responsible for Pike River Re-entry
Reception +64 4 817 8707 | Ministerial Email [Andrew Little request email] | Web beehive.govt.nz | Postal Freepost Parliament, Private Bag 18 041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand
Please note information about meetings related to the Ministers’ portfolios will be proactively released (this does not include personal or constituency matters). For each meeting in scope, the summary would list: date, time (start and finish), brief description, location, who the meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with the Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the organisation will be released. If you are a senior staff member at an organisation, or meet with the Minister in your personal capacity, your name may also be released. The location of the meeting will be released, unless it is a private residence. The proactive release will be consistent with the provisions in the Official Information Act, including privacy considerations. Under the Privacy Act 1993 you have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy of your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the release of your information in the meeting disclosure, please contact the sender. You can read more about the proactive release policy at https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...
Authorised by Hon Andrew Little MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand
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        From: Georgia Roden
      
    
    Kia ora
 
Please find attached a response to your request for official information
 from Hon Andrew Little, Minister of Health.
 
Ngâ mihi nui
 
 
Georgia Roden
 Private Secretary, Health
Email [1][email address]
 
Office of Hon Andrew Little MP, Minister of Health, Minister for Treaty of
 Waitangi Negotiations, Minister Responsible for the NZSIS, Minister
 Responsible for the GCSB, Minister Responsible for Pike River Re-entry
 Reception +64 4 817 8707 | Ministerial Email
 [2][Andrew Little request email] | Web [3]beehive.govt.nz | Postal Freepost
 Parliament, Private Bag 18 041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New
 Zealand
[4]https://xink.io/wp-content/themes/Xink/a...
Please note information about meetings related to the Ministers’
 portfolios will be proactively released (this does not include personal or
 constituency matters). For each meeting in scope, the summary would list:
 date, time (start and finish), brief description, location, who the
 meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with the
 Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the organisation will
 be released. If you are a senior staff member at an organisation, or meet
 with the Minister in your personal capacity, your name may also be
 released. The location of the meeting will be released, unless it is a
 private residence. The proactive release will be consistent with the
 provisions in the Official Information Act, including privacy
 considerations. Under the Privacy Act 1993 you have the right to ask for a
 copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to
 be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy of
 your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the
 release of your information in the meeting disclosure, please contact the
 sender. You can read more about the proactive release policy at
 [9]https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...
Authorised by Hon Andrew Little MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160,
 New Zealand
 
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