2 August 2023
Delia Mason
[FYI request #23637 email]
Ref: OIA-2023/24-0075
Dear Delia Mason
Official Information Act request relating to advice provided by The Treasury on health
sector reforms
Thank you for your request made under the Official Information Act (the Act), received on 30
July 2023. You requested:
“ 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. ”
I believe the information you have requested is more closely connected with the functions of
the Treasury. Accordingly, I have decided to transfer your request to the Treasury under
section 14(b)(ii) of the Act.
The Treasury 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
4774153
64 4 817 9700 Facsimile 64 4 472 3181 www.dpmc.govt.nz
