24 June 2025
Tēnā koe Lucy Goodman,
Official Information Act Request
Thank you for your email of 25 May 2025, requesting breakdown of Community
Service Card (CSC) holders by age, gender, and ethnicity.
I have considered your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act).
Please find my decision on your request set out below.
Please find the information requested in the attached Appendix: Number of
Community Services Cards as at end of December each year between 2019 and
2024, by gender, ethnicity and age range.
I will be publishing this decision letter, with your personal details deleted, on the
Ministry’s website in due course.
If you wish to discuss this response with us, please feel free to contact
[MSD request email]. If you are not satisfied with my decision on your request, you have the right to
seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman. Information about how to
make a complaint is available a
t www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or 0800 802 602.
Ngā mihi nui
pp.
Anna Graham
General Manager Ministerial and Executive Services
The Aurora Centre, 56 The Terrace, PO Box 1556, Wellington
– Telephone 04-916 3300 – Facsimile 04-918 0099
