Briefing notes on mental health spending

Matthew Hooton made this Official Information request to Andrew Little

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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

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From: Georgia Roden

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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
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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

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Authorised by Hon Andrew Little MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Hooton [mailto:[FOI #15865 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 22 June 2021 7:08 PM
To: A Little Office (MIN) <[Andrew Little request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Briefing notes on mental health spending

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

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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

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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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