23 February 2024
Gold
By email: [FYI request #25702 email]
Tēnā koe Gold
Official information request regarding Disability Services staff
I refer to your request for information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act)
dated 11 February
2024:
“Can you provide the current number of permanent staff with disabilities within
Te Amaru - Disability Services.”
The University actively includes lived experience of disability when recruiting for roles
within Te Amaru-Disability Services, alongside key skills, education and experience
relevant to the role.
Staff members provide information regarding their disabilities to the University on a
confidential basis. Therefore, further information is withheld in accordance with s9(2)(a)
of the Act in order to protect the privacy of natural persons and s9(2)(ba)(i) of the Act in
order to protect information which is subject to an obligation of confidence and making
available of the information would be likely to prejudice the supply of similar
information.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of the
decisions made regarding this request. Information about how to make a complaint is
available
at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact me at
[VUW request email].
Ngā mihi nui
Blair Doherty
Senior Advisor, Official Information and Privacy
Legal Services
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington