Reference: 20210519
10 February 2022
T Baker
[FYI request #16178 email]
Dear T Baker
Thank you for your Official Information Act request (OIA), received on 3 November
2021. You requested the following:
-information related to the Modelling Governance Group established by the
Ministry of Health:
- Members of Modelling Governance Group.
- Modelling Governance Group terms of reference.
- Fee structure and cost incurred to date by Ministry by all activities associated
with the Modelling Governance Group.
- Conflicts of interest declared by members of Modelling Governance Group.
- All modelling reports provided to Modelling Governance Group.
- All minutes of meetings of Modelling Governance Group.
- All comments made to reports issued to Modelling Governance Group.
- All emails received or issued by the Ministry, by the Government, and by
members of the Modelling Governance Group, associated with the Modelling
Governance Group since group was appointed.
The time to respond was extended by 35 working days. Your request was transferred
to The Treasury as the agency responsible for convening the COVID-19 Modelling
Governance Group.
The Terms of Reference for the group lists the officials who are members of the group.
There is no fee structure or cost incurred directly by the group (as it does not include
external participants), and no conflicts of interest have been declared by the members.
Agendas and associated reports considered by the group will be attached, as well as
relevant correspondence held by The Treasury. Formal minutes of the group’s
meetings are not kept, although the correspondence does include some discussion of
the content of meetings.
Information to be released
A provisional list of documents to be released is mainly made up of emails that the
Treasury holds and are within the scope of your request. Once we have completed
final checking, we will send you the material to be released no later than 21 February
2022, in accordance with section 15(1)(b) of the OIA.
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Item
Date
Document Description
1.
February 2021 COVID-19 Modelling Governance Group- Terms of Reference
2.
14 July 2021
Email: key points and actions from the Modelling Group
3.
14 May 2021
Email: Agenda and papers for Modelling Governance Group
4.
29 June 2021
Email: Publication of TPM vaccination modelling
5.
5 May 2021
Email: Draft proposed for COVID-19 Modelling Governance Group
6.
14 April 2021
Email: Draft Agenda for 14 April COVID-19 Modelling Governance
Group
7.
13 April 2021
Email: Draft Agenda for 12 April COVID-19 Modelling Governance
Group
8.
13 April 2021
Email: Draft Agenda for 12 April COVID-19 Modelling Governance
Group
9.
13 April 2021
Email: Draft Agenda for 12 April COVID-19 Modelling Governance
Group
10.
23 February
Email: COVID-19 Modelling Group
2021
11.
17 February
Email: Proposed agenda for modelling steering group
2021
12.
15 February
Email: Vaccination and testing of the border workforce
2021
13.
15 December
Email: overview of what the modelling governance role looks like
2020
14.
1 September
Email: Agenda and papers for Friday’s COVID-19 Modelling
2021
Governance Group
15.
8 November
Email: Upcoming TPM paper release
2021
16.
1 September
Email: Agenda and papers for Friday’s COVID-19 Modelling
2021
Governance Group
17.
28 October
Email: Agenda and papers for Friday’s COVID-19 Modelling
2021
Governance Group
18.
16 September
Email: COVID strategy modelling catch up
2021
19.
31 August
Email: COVID-19 Modelling Governance Group
2021
20.
11 August
Email: Confidence under embargo COVID-19 vaccines strategies for
2021
Aotearoa
21.
14 July 2021
Email: Confirmed agenda and papers
22.
9 July 2021
Email: Confirmed agenda and papers
23.
11 May 2021
Email: Agenda and papers for Friday’s COVID-19 Modelling
Governance Group
Information publicly available
The following information is also covered by your request and is publicly available on
the websites listed below:
Item Date
Document Description
Website Address
1.
29 September
Vaccination and testing of the
https://royalsocietypublishin
2021
border workforce for COVID-19
g.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsos.2
and risk of community outbreaks: a
10686
modelling study
2.
March 2021
Effect of vaccination, border
https://www.sciencedirect.c
testing, and quarantine
om/science/article/pii/S246
2
requirements on the risk of
8042721000877
COVID-19 in NZ: A modelling
study
Accordingly, I have made the decision to refuse your request for the documents listed
in the above table under section 18(d) of the OIA:
the information requested is or will
soon be publicly available.
The included papers
Frequency of Serious Outbreaks in COVID-19 in a Partially
Immune Population and
Visualising the effect of restrictions on travellers were shared
as a “work in progress” for feedback rather than as final advice and are incorporated
into item 2 above.
In making my decision, I have considered the public interest considerations in section
9(1) of the OIA.
Please note that this letter (with your personal details removed) and enclosed
documents may be published on the Treasury website.
This reply addresses the information you requested. You have the right to ask the
Ombudsman to investigate and review my decision.
Yours sincerely
John Beaglehole
Manager, Economic Policy
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