27 May 2025
John Luke
By email: [FYI request #30662 email]
Tēnā koe John,
Information request – JL250429
Thank you for your email to the Ministry of Social Development dated 9 April 2025. In your
email, you asked the Ministry:
I would like to know the current member of Social Workers Complaints and
Disciplinary Tribunal and their term of appointment. Please label them if
they are chair, vice-chair or lay member etc.
Their job description, pay rate and how many days they attend Social
Workers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal business each year since 1st
Jan 2020.
Are you anticipate to call any public expression of interest this year?
As you know, on 29 April 2025 the Ministry transferred your question about “how many days
[the Tribunal members] attend Social Workers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal business
each year since 1st Jan 2020” to the Social Workers Registration Board (SWRB).
We have now prepared our response to your question. Please find this below.
Days and hours spent by Tribunal members on Tribunal business
The time that Tribunal members spend on Tribunal business can be recorded in either days or
hours. Where a Tribunal member reports working six hours or more in one day, they will be
recorded as having worked one day; where they report working less than six hours in one day,
their time is recorded in hours.
At
Appendix 1, please find a table of the total days and hours that the members of the
Tribunal collectively spent on Tribunal business each year since 2020. The number of hours
collectively spent on Tribunal business should be read as being in addition to the number of
days collectively spent on Tribunal business.
Further information
If you have any questions, or wish to discuss the matter further, please contact the SWRB’s
legal team by email at
[email address], or by post at Social Workers Registration Board, PO
Box 3452, Wellington 6140 (attention Legal Team).
You have the right to seek a review of our response by the Ombudsman. Information about
the Ombudsman can be found at
https://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz . Ngā mihi nui
Lucas Davies
Senior Legal Advisor
Social Workers Registration Board
Appendix 1 – Table of days and hours spent by Tribunal members on Tribunal business
Year
Number of days spent by
Number of hours spent by
Tribunal members on
Tribunal members on
Tribunal business
Tribunal business
2020
5
138
2021
20
99
2022
40
42
2023
10
1
2024
18
25
2025
0
3