Tçnâ koe Erika
Thank you for your email of 20 July 2025 to the Ministry of Education (the Ministry) requesting the following information:
Vaccine Mandate Relief Support Scheme.
Kindly share:
1. How much additional funding was allocated due to vaccine mandates, ie the total cost?
2. how many schools sent enquiries.
3. how many applications were received.
4. how many applications were accepted.
5. how many applications were rejected.
6. The total number of education staff mandated out of their jobs that these applications covered.
Your request has been considered under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act).
We would be grateful if you could provide further detail around the nature of the information you are looking for, so that we might be able to determine the information that is most meaningful to you.
Could you please confirm the information requested at part 1 of your request, pertains only to funding for the Vaccine Mandate Relief Support Scheme referenced in your request?
Could you also please confirm that parts 2 – 5 of your request pertain only to enquiries or applications relating to the Vaccine Mandate Relief Support Scheme, specifically?
Could you also please confirm that education staff referenced in part 6 of your request is limited to the affected school staff only and excludes for example, Ministry of Education staff?
We look forward to hearing from you by COB 4 August 2025. Once we have your clarification, we will commence work on your request.
Please note that in line with Section 15 (1AA) of the Act, if a request is amended or clarified after the date on which it is received, the Ministry may treat the amended or clarified request as a new request that replaces the original request.
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Official and Parliamentary Information | Te Tâhuhu o te Mâtauranga | Ministry of Education | KJ
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