[UNCLASSIFIED]

Kia ora Kitty

 

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 which
was received on 2 October 2024 seeking:-

 

In 2009, Treasury papers advised that taxpayers incurred around
$316,000-a-year to pay for a subsidy to keep costs down at Bellamy's, an
on-site catering service which caters for the needs of MPs.

 

Please advise:

 

- Does this subsidy still exist today in any way, shape, or form? Have, or
do, other subsidies of this kind exist for other specific catering
services, or just Bellamy's?

 

- What form does, or did, this subsidy take for MPs? (Eg: Is it a monetary
allowance per-MP, a discount applied at the counter, a grant given to the
business operator in exchange for lower prices, etc?)

 

- What is, or has been, the cost to taxpayers for this subsidy
year-on-year since 2009?

 

- If the subsidy no longer exists, what is the reason for this, and what
mechanism is currently in place to keep costs down for the catering needs
of MPs?

 

- If the subsidy no longer exists, please provide the figures for the
year-on-year costs incurred by the mechanism which has replaced it/serves
the purpose it previously served (since 2009, or as early as possible, if
records begin later than 2009). For example, if there is a mechanism which
was newly created to serve the purpose previously served by the Bellamy's
subsidy, please provide a summary on the creation of this, and the
year-on-year cost figures to date. If the subsidy's purpose was instead
addressed by an increase to another existing budgetary allowance for MPs,
please provide information on that, and the year-on-year cost figures for
this allowance.

 

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Office of the Ombudsman Website for more details –
http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/).

 

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Regards

Nat

 

 

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Dear Kitty,

 

Please find attached a response to your Official Information Act request.

 

Kind regards,

Nat

 

 

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