Request for advice Treasury provided on health sector reforms

Delia Mason made this Official Information request to Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

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From: Delia Mason

Dear Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet,

I recently requested under the OIA, from treasury information about the advice it had provided on the Health sector reforms and the establishment of the transition unit. For some reason Treasury transferred the request to you, and you declined my request on the grounds the information was already publicly available and also on the grounds it would take substantial collation.

This is an inadequate response, and you failed to clarify the request with me. To be clear I am requesting advice Treasury provided on the health sector reforms and the establishment of the a transition unit. Not advice DPMC or other agencies provided. None of this is covered in the materials on line that you pointed me to. And given I’m only requesting the advice Treasury provided, it cannot be the case that it requires substantial collation. The fact the Transition Unit has been disestablished is not relevant to my request.

Could you please now provide copies of the advice Treasury provided on the health sector reforms and the establishment of the Transition Unit. Please contact me if you would like clarification of my request, or to discuss scope. An inadequate response will result in a complaint to the Ombudsman.

Yours faithfully,

Delia Mason

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-----Original Message-----
From: Delia Mason <[FOI #23637 email]>
Sent: Sunday, 30 July 2023 8:08 pm
To: Information [DPMC] <[DPMC request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Request for advice Treasury
provided on health sector reforms

 

Dear Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet,

 

I recently requested under the OIA, from treasury information about the
advice it had provided on the Health sector reforms and the establishment
of the transition unit. For some reason Treasury transferred the request
to you, and you declined my request on the grounds the information was
already publicly available and also on the grounds it would take
substantial collation.

 

This is an inadequate response, and you failed to clarify the request with
me. To be clear I am requesting advice Treasury provided on the health
sector reforms and the establishment of the a transition unit. Not advice
DPMC or other agencies provided. None of this is covered in the materials
on line that you pointed me to. And given I’m only requesting the advice
Treasury provided, it cannot be the case that it requires substantial
collation. The fact the Transition Unit has been disestablished is not
relevant to my request.

 

Could you please now provide copies of the advice Treasury provided on the
health sector reforms and the establishment of the Transition Unit. Please
contact me if you would like clarification of my request, or to discuss
scope. An inadequate response will result in a complaint to the Ombudsman.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Delia Mason

 

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Please see the attached letter regarding your recent OIA request.

 

Ngā mihi,

 

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Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 which
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Kia ora Delia,

 

I refer to your email on the 30^th of July to Department of the Prime
Minister and Cabinet.  Treasury would like to confirm we understood your
request broadly and will be providing you with all advice the Treasury
provided Ministers from 2017 – 2022 on the health sector reforms and the
establishment of the Transition Unit.

 

As part of your original request (received 4 June 2023), you asked for all
advice on the establishment of the Transition Unit inside DPMC. We
transferred this component of your request to DPMC, as after the
disestablishment of the Transition Unit, all documents related to the TU
are now held centrally by DPMC.

 

Please note, when we transferred this section to DPMC, we still intended
to provide you with all Treasury advice. Our reply is due on Tuesday 29^th
August and will provide you with our response by that deadline.

 

Thanks

 

 

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From: Ministerial Services Inbox [TSY]
Sent: Friday, 4 August 2023 8:59 am
To: [FOI #23637 email]
Subject: Official Information Act request

 

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Kia ora Delia

 

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 which
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Ombudsman Website for more details –
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