Appendix One – Responses to Official Information Act requests sent by Corrections’
National Office in each month and financial year from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2023.
Table notes:
- ‘Avg Days’ shows the average number of working days from the date a request was received by
Corrections and the date a response was sent to the correspondent, for responses sent within the
relevant period.
- ‘Public organisations’ are those organisations identified in Corrections recordkeeping system as
‘Media / Journalist’, ‘Interest Group’, ‘Member of Parliament’, and ‘Political Research Unit’.
Month/year
OIA responses to public organisations
OIA responses to other requesters
responses sent
Sent
Avg Days
Extended
Late
Sent
Avg Days
Extended
Late
Jul 20
47
27.3
15
12
662
7.4
8
48
Aug 20
64
10.9
12
11
416
5.9
22
5
Sep 20
79
17.0
26
17
548
10.4
19
11
Oct 20
52
21.3
15
14
466
11.2
6
7
Nov 20
57
13.7
13
8
583
8.7
23
14
Dec 20
40
6.4
5
3
514
9.4
14
5
Jan 21
44
6.4
3
2
523
3.2
3
6
Feb 21
51
15.3
10
5
593
60.3
10
5
Mar 21
92
18.0
30
20
579
8.2
23
10
Apr 21
87
14.6
21
14
740
7.0
13
13
May 21
80
15.2
25
5
559
5.7
12
5
Jun 21
63
15.8
19
5
581
6.7
14
6
2020/21
756
15.4
194
116
6764
12.2
167
135
Jul 21
90
10.6
15
5
713
6.3
15
3
Aug 21
60
10.5
12
3
618
4.7
7
2
Sep 21
103
6.7
11
3
669
5.8
24
4
Oct 21
72
6.7
5
1
615
5.7
22
3
Nov 21
62
4.3
6
1
700
5.5
23
4
Dec 21
58
16.9
11
7
562
5.8
20
11
Jan 22
41
3.9
4
0
709
3.5
8
3
Feb 22
82
4.6
6
2
652
5.3
11
0
Mar 22
82
6.7
5
0
720
5.9
21
2
Apr 22
64
11.4
10
6
555
4.9
7
1
May 22
69
9.8
20
2
810
6.1
11
3
Jun 22
48
6.1
7
3
711
5.8
8
0
2021/22
831
8.2
112
33
8034
5.5
177
36
Jul 22
48
9.0
9
3
814
5.8
12
1
Aug 22
76
2.8
6
2
928
3.3
11
2
Sep 22
61
7.4
10
7
828
3.0
4
4
Oct 22
62
5.2
7
2
619
3.5
5
0
Nov 22
69
6.4
7
1
802
7.9
10
1
Dec 22
42
5.9
7
1
757
9.0
6
14
Jan 23
41
3.1
2
1
629
6.2
3
5
Feb 23
67
10.1
13
4
768
12.8
11
8
Mar 23
56
9.3
7
3
942
12.1
12
3
Apr 23
51
6.2
1
0
646
14.1
9
4
May 23
64
6.3
4
1
1038
10.7
14
8
Jun 23
40
8.6
8
7
595
13.7
10
8
2022/23
677
6.7
81
32
9366
8.5
107
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Ara Poutama – Department of Corrections. Appendix One [C172193]