Dear Health and Disability Commissioner,

We are requesting under the Official Information Act, the following information:

- The date the Commissioner became aware of a possible reduction in funding for the 2025/2026 financial year
- The date of the establishment of the "Working Group" and dates of the meetings held by the "Working Group"
- Copies of all relevant Governance Group meeting minutes from January 2023 onwards relating to discussion of the Legal Team's involvement in Investigations Opinion reviewing, as well as copies of all submitted Governance Group papers relating to this topic and associated decisions, and emails communicating these decisions to relevant internal stakeholders
- Copy of any papers submitted to Governance Group or ELT in 2025 proposing removal of Legal Review of Investigations Opinions and associated minutes, decisions and subsequent communications
- Details of any consultation or discussion with any members of the Legal Team before the above decision was made.
- The date on which restructure of the Legal Team was first proposed and discussed in the "Working Group"

Yours faithfully,
Ethel Benjamin