28 March 2023
J Bruning
[FYI request #22065 email]
Tēnā koe J Bruning
Official Information Act (OIA) request: Small and medium sized businesses
On 10 March 2023
, you contacted Stats NZ requesting, under the Official Information Act
1982 (the Act), the fol owing information:
Please supply al advice, memos and reports provided to senior government
officials and Members of Parliament, inclusive of Cabinet, on the status of small
and medium sized business in Aotearoa New Zealand from 2018 to March 2023.
This includes analyses of financial health, sales revenues, insolvency and
involuntary closure (including bankruptcy).
If this is in those reports, status by sector, agricultural, commercial, trades,
manufacturing or approximate.
Stats NZ has not provided any advice, memos or reports to senior government officials,
or Members of Parliament, on the status of smal and medium sized business in Aotearoa
from 2018 to March 2023. Your request for this information is therefore refused under
section 18(e) of the Act as this information does not exist or, despite reasonable efforts to
locate it, cannot be found.
Stats NZ does publish information on the activity and performance of businesses in New
Zealand on our website
here. You may be interested in the fol owing in particular:
• The
Annual enterprise survey statistics measure the financial performance and
position of businesses operating in New Zealand.
• The
Business financial data gives quarterly information on sales, purchases,
salaries and wages, and operating profit for a wide range of industries in the New
Zealand economy.
Should you wish to discuss this response with us, please feel free to contact Stats NZ at:
[email address].
If you are not satisfied with this response, you have the right to seek an investigation and
review by the Ombudsman. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or 0800 802 602.
[Statistics New Zealand request email]
toll-free 0508 525 525
stats.govt.nz
8 Willis Street, Wellington
PO Box 2922, Wellington 6140
It is Stats NZ’s policy to proactively release its responses to official information requests
where possible. This letter, with your personal details removed, wil be published on the
Stats NZ website. Publishing responses creates greater openness and transparency of
government decision-making and helps better inform public understanding of the reasons
for decisions.
Ngā mihi nui, nā
Kate Satterthwaite
General Manager, Executive and Government Relations
Office of the Chief Executive, Stats NZ
[Statistics New Zealand request email]
toll-free 0508 525 525
stats.govt.nz
8 Willis Street, Wellington
PO Box 2922, Wellington 6140