Ref: 2324-0732

 

Dear Letty Smith

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 02 October 2023 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

 

‘I would like a breakdown of the funding provided to staff employed within
policy roles for university or polytechnic or other tertiary study of
papers in the nature of that for degrees, masters degrees, or professional
legal studies (profs), broken down by type of study, and amounts by year
for the financial years 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23 and for the current
financial year up to 1 September 2023.’

 

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and no
later than 31 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][MBIE request email].

 

Nâku noa, nâ

 

Ministerial Services

Corporate, Governance and Information  |   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 Letty

 

Thank you for your request of 2 October 2023:

 

I would like a breakdown of the funding provided to staff employed within
policy roles for university or polytechnic or other tertiary study of
papers in the nature of that for degrees, masters degrees, or professional
legal studies (profs), broken down by type of study, and amounts by year
for the financial years 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23 and for the current
financial year up to 1 September 2023.

 

MBIE does not record this information in a way that enables us to provide
answers to the level of detail you have requested. For example,
transactions in the financial management system for study assistance do
not necessarily indicate whether the study was at the level you have
described in your request. To obtain the information you have requested
would require a substantial enterprise-wide exercise to find information
that meets your exact criteria.

 

However, MBIE does have a Development Fund for staff and we invite you to
consider amending your request to the following so that we can provide you
with some information:

 

Funding granted to staff from the MBIE Development Fund in the financial
years of 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23 for:

•             course fees for any professional development (including
study); and

•             staff where it is clear that they were in a Policy role at
the time of undertaking the professional development.

 

Please let us know by Wednesday 11 October 2023 if you agree to this
suggested request. Please note that if we do not hear from you by
Wednesday, it is likely that MBIE will need to refuse your request under
section 18(f) of the Act, as the information you have requested cannot be
made available without substantial collation or research.

 

Thank you

 

Ministerial Services | Corporate Services, Finance and Enablement

[1][MBIE request email]

Hîkina Whakatutuki Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011

PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140

[2]www.mbie.govt.nz

[3]Values image for email signatures.

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Letty Smith [4][FOI #24303 email]
Sent: Monday, 2 October 2023 6:34 PM
To: *OIA [5][email address]
Subject: [URL SCANNING ERROR]Official Information request - Funding of
policy staff to undertake tertiary study such as degrees, postgraduate and
professional legal studies

 

Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,

 

I would like a breakdown of the funding provided to staff employed within
policy roles for university or polytechnic or other tertiary study of
papers in the nature of that for degrees, masters degrees, or professional
legal studies (profs), broken down by type of study, and amounts by year
for the financial years 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23 and for the current
financial year up to 1 September 2023. 

 

Yours faithfully,

Letty Smith

 

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Kia ora Letty

Please find a response to your request attached.

Thank you

Ministerial Services | Corporate Services, Finance and Enablement
[MBIE request email]

Hīkina Whakatutuki Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011
PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140
http://www.mbie.govt.nz/

-----Original Message-----
From: Letty Smith <[FOI #24303 email]>
Sent: Sunday, 8 October 2023 6:19 PM
To: *OIA <[email address]>
Subject: Re: DOIA 2324-0732 Official Information request - Funding of policy staff to undertake tertiary study such as degrees, postgraduate and professional legal studies [UNCLASSIFIED]

Dear *OIA,

Thank you for the suggested rewrite of the OIA. I am happy to accept your proposed interpretation of my OIA request, that is:

Funding granted to staff from the MBIE Development Fund in the financial years of 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23 for:

• course fees for any professional development (including
study); and

• staff where it is clear that they were in a Policy role at
the time of undertaking the professional development.

Yours sincerely,

Letty Smith

-----Original Message-----

Kia ora Letty

Thank you for your request of 2 October 2023:

I would like a breakdown of the funding provided to staff employed within policy roles for university or polytechnic or other tertiary study of papers in the nature of that for degrees, masters degrees, or professional legal studies (profs), broken down by type of study, and amounts by year for the financial years 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23 and for the current financial year up to 1 September 2023.

MBIE does not record this information in a way that enables us to provide answers to the level of detail you have requested. For example, transactions in the financial management system for study assistance do not necessarily indicate whether the study was at the level you have described in your request. To obtain the information you have requested would require a substantial enterprise-wide exercise to find information that meets your exact criteria.

However, MBIE does have a Development Fund for staff and we invite you to consider amending your request to the following so that we can provide you with some information:

Funding granted to staff from the MBIE Development Fund in the financial years of 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23 for:

• course fees for any professional development (including study); and

• staff where it is clear that they were in a Policy role at the time of undertaking the professional development.

Please let us know by Wednesday 11 October 2023 if you agree to this suggested request. Please note that if we do not hear from you by Wednesday, it is likely that MBIE will need to refuse your request under section 18(f) of the Act, as the information you have requested cannot be made available without substantial collation or research.

Thank you

Ministerial Services | Corporate Services, Finance and Enablement

[1][MBIE request email]

Hîkina Whakatutuki Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011

PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140

[2]http://www.mbie.govt.nz/

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