Liam Hehir
[FYI request #22029 email]
Reference: OIA-2022/23-0650
Dear Liam Hehir
Official Information Act request for details about a report written for the
Business Advisory Council
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request of 8 March 2023.
You have requested:
“I am writing to request information under the Official Information Act 1982.
I understand that the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet was
responsible for overseeing the activities of the Prime Minister's Business
Advisory Council while Christopher Luxon was the chairperson of that body.
The prime minister has recently said "I'm aware the chair of the Prime
Minister's Business Advisory Council spent money employing consultants
to write the one substantive report the council managed to come up with,"
I would like to request the following information:
First, please confirm which report was written by consultants.
Second, please disclose which consultancy firm was used to write the
report.
Third, please disclose how much the consultancy firm was paid to write the
report.
If the Department does not have this information, please disclose the basis
of the Prime Minister's statements regarding the claimed report and its
authorship.”
I believe that the information you have requested is more closely connected with the functions
of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE). Accordingly, I have decided
to transfer your request in full to MBIE under section 14(b)(ii) of the Act.
MBIE has the usual timeframes under the Act from receipt of this transfer to make a decision
on your request.
Yours sincerely
Amy Teague
Manager Ministerial Services
Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington, New Zealand 6011
4713839
64 4 817 9700 Facsimile 64 4 472 3181 www.dpmc.govt.nz