Tçnâ koe J Bythell,

Thank you for your email received 6 April 2024, under the Official Information Act 1982. Your request has been forwarded to the appropriate officials at National Office to respond.

Ngâ manaakitanga,

Official and Parliamentary Information Team | Ministerial and Executive Services
Ministry of Social Development

Our Purpose:
We help New Zealanders to be safe, strong and independent
Ko ta mâtou he whakamana tangata kia tû haumaru, kia tû kaha, kia tû motuhake

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From: J. Bythell <[FOI #26343 email]>
Sent: Saturday, 6 April 2024 6:48 pm
To: OIA_Requests (MSD) <[MSD request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Financial position

Dear Ministry of Social Development,

Is your department at risk of overspending its financial appropriation this year?

If it is, please supply
* all correspondence with and information supplied to Treasury about this
* all correspondence with and information supplied to your Minister and your Minister’s office about this
* all correspondence with and information supplied to the Public Services Commission about this
* all correspondence with and information supplied to the Auditor-General or his office about this
* all papers to or considered by your leadership team about this
* all papers to or considered by your risk and audit committee about this
* all papers to or considered by any other of your governance groups about this

Have you set aside an allowance in this financial year for redundancies or other costs of restructuring?

If so, how much is that allowance?
If not, do you anticipate any costs for these in this financial year?

To facilitate prompt response you may treat these as two separate OIA requests. You may also provide the responses in progressive releases. If one or more groups of documents might require an extension you should provide any part of the response that would not first, and the part requiring additional time subsequently.

Yours faithfully,

J. Bythell

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Dear J Bythell

 

We refer to your below request made to the Ministry of Social Development
(the Ministry) under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act).

The Ministry has decided to grant your request. However, it will take some
more time to prepare the information for release. You will be provided
with:

 

Answers from the Minsitry to your two questions:

 

 1. Is your department at risk of overspending its financial appropriation
this year?

 

 2. Have you set aside an allowance in this financial year for
redundancies or other costs of restructuring?

 

The information will be sent to you by Thursday 9 May 2024. We will
respond earlier if we are able to.

 

This is a decision under section 15(1)(a) of the Act. Further information
on the background of this decision can be found on pages 18 and 34 of the
following guide of the Ombudsman:
[1]https://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/site...

 

If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact
[2][MSD request email].

 

If you are not satisfied with this decision, you have the right to seek an
investigation and review by the Ombudsman. Information about how to make a
complaint is available at [3]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or 0800 802 602.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Official Information team | Ministerial and Executive Services

Ministry of Social Development

 

Our Purpose:
We help New Zealanders to be safe, strong and independent.
Manaaki Tangata, Manaaki Whānau.

From: J. Bythell <[4][FOI #26343 email]>

Sent: Saturday, 6 April 2024 6:48 pm

To: OIA_Requests (MSD) <[5][MSD request email]>

Subject: Official Information request - Financial position

 

Dear Ministry of Social Development,

 

Is your department at risk of overspending its financial appropriation
this year?

 

If it is, please supply

* all correspondence with and information supplied to Treasury about this

* all correspondence with and information supplied to your Minister and
your Minister’s office about this

* all correspondence with and information supplied to the Public Services
Commission about this

* all correspondence with and information supplied to the Auditor-General
or his office about this

* all papers to or considered by your leadership team about this

* all papers to or considered by your risk and audit committee about this

* all papers to or considered by any other of your governance groups about
this

 

Have you set aside an allowance in this financial year for redundancies or
other costs of restructuring?

 

If so, how much is that allowance?

If not, do you anticipate any costs for these in this financial year?

 

To facilitate prompt response you may treat these as two separate OIA
requests. You may also provide the responses in progressive releases. If
one or more groups of documents might require an extension you should
provide any part of the response that would not first, and the part
requiring additional time subsequently.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

J. Bythell

 

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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

 

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:

[6][FOI #26343 email]

 

Is [7][MSD request email] the wrong address for Official Information
requests to Ministry of Social Development? If so, please contact us using
this form:

[8]https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...

 

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:

[9]https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...

 

If you find this service useful as an Official Information officer, please
ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA
page.

 

 

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Kia ora J Bythell

 

Please find attached the Ministry’s response to your Official Information
Act request.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Official Information team | Ministerial and Executive Services

Ministry of Social Development

 

Our Purpose:
We help New Zealanders to be safe, strong and independent.
Manaaki Tangata, Manaaki Whânau.

 

This email and any attachments may contain information that is
confidential and subject to legal privilege. If you are not the intended
recipient, any use, dissemination, distribution or duplication of this
email and attachments is prohibited. If you have received this email in
error please notify the author immediately and erase all copies of the
email and attachments. The Ministry of Social Development accepts no
responsibility for changes made to this message or attachments after
transmission from the Ministry.