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[IN-CONFIDENCE]

 

Kia ora,

 

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA)
received on 16 August 2023, copied below. We will respond to your request
within the statutory timeframes set out in the Act. If we are unable to
meet these timeframes we will notify you.

 

Your request will be managed by the Ministerial Services team within DPMC.
If you have any queries, please feel free to contact us at
[1][DPMC request email].

 

DPMC may publish the response to your OIA request. If we publish the
response your personal information, including your name and contact
details, will be removed.

 

Ngā mihi,

 

Ministerial Coordinator
Ministerial Services
Strategy, Governance and Engagement
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
E    [2][DPMC request email]
 
 
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in error, please destroy the email and notify the sender immediately.

 

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[UNCLASSIFIED]

 

Kia ora,

 

Please see the attached letter regarding your recent OIA request.

 

Ngā mihi,

 

Ministerial Coordinator
Ministerial Services
Strategy, Governance and Engagement
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
E    [1][DPMC request email]
 
 
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the intended recipient only and is not necessarily the official view or
communication of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. If you
are not the intended recipient you must not disclose, copy or distribute
this message or the information in it. If you have received this message
in error, please destroy the email and notify the sender immediately.

 

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The information contained in this email message is for the attention of
the intended recipient only and is not necessarily the official view or
communication of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. If you
are not the intended recipient you must not disclose, copy or distribute
this message or the information in it. If you have received this message
in error, please destroy the email and notify the sender immediately.

 

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Dear Saska,

 

Thank you for your email received by my office on 24 August 2023
requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the
following information:

 

I request all cabinet papers that mention Refugee Claimants from 1995 to
today [24 August 2023]

 

We are writing to give you the opportunity to clarify your request because
we consider that the information in scope of your request cannot be made
available without substantial collation or research. We understand that on
30 August 2023, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
(MBIE), the agency which assists this office in answering such requests,
contacted you to discuss your request. We understand from that
conversation that you are specifically interested in the public services
available to refugee claimants and how they may have changed over time. We
consider that this information may be contained in documents other than
Cabinet papers and that significant searches may be required to locate
them. However, we may be able to provide some information in scope of such
a request. Could you please confirm in writing whether this is an accurate
description of the information you are seeking.

 

Unless your request is amended, your request may be refused under section
18(f) of the Act, as the information cannot be made available without
substantial collation or research. Please note that any clarification or
amendment of a request will be considered a new request for the purpose of
calculating the maximum statutory timeframe for response as per section
15(1AA) of the Act.

 

We look forward to hearing from you.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Office of Hon Andrew Little MP

Minister of Defence
Minister for the Public Service

Minister of Immigration
Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations
Minister Responsible for the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service
Minister Responsible for the Government Communications Security Bureau
Lead Coordination Minister for the Government’s Response to the Royal
Commission’s Report into the Terrorist Attack on the Christchurch Mosques

 

Reception: +64 4 817 8707 | E: [1][email address]

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

Authorised by Hon Andrew Little MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

Please note information about meetings related to the Ministers’
portfolios will be proactively released (this does not include personal
or constituency matters). For each meeting in scope, the summary would
list: date, time (start and finish), brief description, location, who the
meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with the
Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the organisation will
be released. If you are a senior staff member at an organisation, or meet
with the Minister in your personal capacity, your name may also be
released. The location of the meeting will be released, unless it is a
private residence. The proactive release will be consistent with the
provisions in the Official Information Act, including privacy
considerations. Under the Privacy Act 2020 you have the right to ask for
a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it
to be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy
of your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the
release of your information in the meeting disclosure, please contact the
sender. You can read more about the proactive release policy at
[2]https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...

 

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Tēnā koe

 

Thank you for contacting the office of Hon Andrew Little MP, Minister of
Defence, Minister of Immigration, Minister for the Public Service,
Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Minister Responsible for the
NZSIS, Minister Responsible for the GCSB, and Lead Coordination Minister
for the Government’s Response to The Royal Commission’s Report into the
Terrorist Attack on the Christchurch Mosques.

 

While the Minister considers all correspondence to be important, and all
messages are carefully read and considered, it is not always possible to
personally reply to all emails. As such, the following guidelines apply:

 

·         If your message is for Minister Little’s advice, or if you have
copied your email to another Minister and/or Member of Parliament with
more appropriate portfolio responsibilities, then this will be noted,

·         If you have invited Minister Little to an event then a member of
staff may contact you for more information if the Minister’s attendance
might be possible,

·         If you have made a request for official information then this
will be managed in accordance with the provisions of the Official
Information Act 1982, which may include transfer to a more relevant
Minister or agency,

·         If you have made a request under the Privacy Act then this will
be managed in accordance with the principles of the Privacy Act 2020,
which may include transfer to a more relevant Minister or agency,

·         If you are a journalist then your request will be triaged by a
press secretary,

·         To find out more about Minister Little read his [1]biography or
recent [2]statements.

 

Ngā mihi

 

Office of Hon Andrew Little MP
Reception +64 4 817 8707 | Ministerial Email [3][email address]
| Web [4]beehive.govt.nz | Postal Freepost Parliament, Private Bag 18 041,
Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

 

 

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Kia ora Saska,

 

Thank you for your patience with this Official Information Act request. We
have received advice today that the Ministry of Business, Innovation and
Employment (MBIE) has been able to locate a number of MBIE documents in
scope of your request.  

 

I am writing to advise you that we have decided to transfer your request
on to MBIE as the information to which your request relates is not held by
this office but is believed to be held by MBIE. In these circumstances, we
are required by section 14(b) of the Act to transfer your request. Please
accept our apologies for not meeting the timeframe set out at section
14(b) of the Act in transferring your request, and that this was not
identified at the time of the initial transfer to this office.

 

MBIE has the usual time limits under the Act from receipt of this transfer
to make a decision on your request, however MBIE have advised they may be
able to respond earlier.

 

Ngā mihi,

 

Office of Hon Andrew Little MP

Minister of Defence
Minister for the Public Service

Minister of Immigration
Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations
Minister Responsible for the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service
Minister Responsible for the Government Communications Security Bureau
Lead Coordination Minister for the Government’s Response to the Royal
Commission’s Report into the Terrorist Attack on the Christchurch Mosques

 

Reception: +64 4 817 8707 | E: [1][email address]

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

Authorised by Hon Andrew Little MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

Please note information about meetings related to the Ministers’
portfolios will be proactively released (this does not include personal
or constituency matters). For each meeting in scope, the summary would
list: date, time (start and finish), brief description, location, who the
meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with the
Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the organisation will
be released. If you are a senior staff member at an organisation, or meet
with the Minister in your personal capacity, your name may also be
released. The location of the meeting will be released, unless it is a
private residence. The proactive release will be consistent with the
provisions in the Official Information Act, including privacy
considerations. Under the Privacy Act 2020 you have the right to ask for
a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it
to be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy
of your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the
release of your information in the meeting disclosure, please contact the
sender. You can read more about the proactive release policy at
[2]https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...

 

 

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Ref: 2324-0656

 

Kia or Saska,

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your request of 31 August 2023 sent to the Office of Hon
Andrew Little requesting under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act), the following:

 

‘By way of clarification I am interested in policy documents or
correspondence that discuss refugee claimants access to services such as
education, health and social welfare.’

 

Your request has been transferred to the Ministry of Business, Innovation
and Employment from the Office of Hon Andrew Little on 20 September 2023
and is being processed in accordance with the Official Information Act
1982.

 

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and no
later than 18 October 2023, being 20 working days after the day your
request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then,
we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.  

If you have any enquiries regarding your request feel free to contact us
via email to [1][email address].

 

 

Nâku noa, nâ

 

Ministerial Services

Enterprise, Reporting and Workflow, Ngâ Pou o te Taumaru

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 |  P O Box 1473 Wellington 6140

 

 

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Kia ora Saska

 

I am following up on your phone call with my colleague today regarding
your OIA request for “policy documents or correspondence that discuss
refugee claimants’ access to services such as education, health and social
welfare” for the period 1995 until 24 August 2023, which was transferred
to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) on 20
September.

 

Based on your discussion our understanding is that, due to the time that
would be required to undertake a comprehensive search and in order to
expedite your request, you are happy to refine your request to be limited
to information that we have currently identified, and therefore is readily
available, within the scope outlined above. We would appreciate if you can
please reply and confirm that this is correct.

 

Once you have had an opportunity to review this material we would be happy
to receive further requests if you identify any more information you are
interested in.

 

This will not affect the scope or processing of your other OIA request to
MBIE for “any discussion documents between 1995 - 2002 that speak about
the access to services and rights given to refugee claimants whilst they
are in the process of claiming refugee status” (ref: DOIA 2324-0371),
which may identify further documents.

 

We also understand that you do not wish MBIE to transfer your request to
any other agencies at this stage. And that you may want to make further
requests to other agencies yourself once you have reviewed this
information.

 

Please let me know if the above is correct or if you have any concerns.

 

Thank you

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Ministerial Services

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140

 

 

From: Ministerial Services
Sent: Thursday, 21 September 2023 3:27 PM
To: [FOI #23859 email]
Subject: Acknowledgement of your Official Information Request (2324-0656)
[UNCLASSIFIED]

 

Ref: 2324-0656

 

Kia or Saska,

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your request of 31 August 2023 sent to the Office of Hon
Andrew Little requesting under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act), the following:

 

‘By way of clarification I am interested in policy documents or
correspondence that discuss refugee claimants access to services such as
education, health and social welfare.’

 

Your request has been transferred to the Ministry of Business, Innovation
and Employment from the Office of Hon Andrew Little on 20 September 2023
and is being processed in accordance with the Official Information Act
1982.

 

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and no
later than 18 October 2023, being 20 working days after the day your
request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then,
we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

If you have any enquiries regarding your request feel free to contact us
via email to [1][email address].

 

 

Nâku noa, nâ

 

Ministerial Services

Enterprise, Reporting and Workflow, Ngâ Pou o te Taumaru

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | P O Box 1473 Wellington 6140

 

 

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Tēnā koe Saska,

 

Please find attached MBIE's response to your request for Information.

 

Nāku iti nei, nā

 

Oliver Maskell (He/Him)

Senior Ministerial Advisor

Labour, Science and Enterprise Group

Group Operations

Business Management

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MINISTRY OF BUSINESS INNOVATION & EMPLOYMENT / HIKINA WHAKATUTUKI

PO Box 1473 Wellington | Level 6, 15 Stout Street, Wellington
6011 |[2]www.mbie.govt.nz  

 

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