Kia ora Jon,

 

Thank you for your request for official information received on 20 August
2021 for:

 

"What measures do you have in place to ensure that Ministry of Health
funding is being used for the intended disability support services and
private firms/providers are not taking excessive funds out of those
contracts?

 

Do you have limits (% or other) on profits that can be made under
contracts/outcome agreements with private disability support service
providers? If not, why not?

 

Do you have limits (% or other) under contracts/outcome agreements with
private disability support service providers that can be allocated as
overhead costs? If not, why not?

 

Do you have any measures or limits around funding allocations (% or other)
under contracts/outcome agreements with private disability support service
providers? If not, why not?

 

Has the Ministry received or prepared advice in the past 2 years regarding
the inclusion of any of the above limits or measures (or similar) in
disability support service contracts/outcome agreements? Please provide a
copy of any advice.”

 

The Ministry's reference number for your request is: H202110874.

 

As required under the Official Information Act 1982, the Ministry will
endeavour to respond to your request no later than 17 September 2021,
being 20 working days after the day your request was received.

 

Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic response, the Ministry is experiencing
significantly higher volumes of queries and requests for information. If
we are unable to respond to your request within this time frame, we will
notify you of an extension of that time frame.

 

If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to
get in touch.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

OIA Services

Government Services

Office of the Director-General

Ministry of Health

E: [1][email address]

 

 

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Kia ora Jon,  

 

Please find attached a response to your official information act request. 

 

Ngā mihi  

 

OIA Services 

Government Services 

Office of the Director-General 

Ministry of Health 

E: [1][email address] 

 

 

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