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Dear James

 

Thank you for your email in which you submitted an Official Information
Act request as follows:

 

-How many OIAs has your Office received between November 1 2024 and
November 30 2024? Can you please note how many of those were transferred
from other departments, agencies, or Ministers?

- What was the average number of days taken to respond to requests?

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-----Original Message-----
From: James Webb <[FOI #29570 email]>
Sent: Monday, 16 December 2024 4:28 PM
To: David Seymour (MIN) <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - OIA Request Data

 

Kia ora David Seymour

 

Can you please provide me with the following data:

- How many OIAs has your Office received between November 1 2024 and
November 30 2024? Can you please note how many of those were transferred
from other departments, agencies, or Ministers?

- What was the average number of days taken to respond to requests?

- How many requests have been extended?

- How many requests have been responded to after 20 days? Can you please
note how many of those were not extended?

- How many requests do you have that are overdue as of the date of this
request? (i.e. have not been extended but have not been responded to in
the statutory 20 days from receipt).

 

Yours faithfully,

 

James Webb

 

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