And the same figures for January to June 2025:
Completed
Overdue
Service Group
25,280
6,075
Ministerial Services
832
224
The number of upheld Ombudsman complaints for the period July to December 2024 is
81 (0.27%). The number of upheld Ombudsman complaints for the period January to
June 2025 is 101 (0.38%). These are total figures as the information is not held
separately for Ministerial Services and Service Group.
Question two
Police advises that there are 13 people in Ministerial Services who process OIA requests.
As at 1 November 2025, the annual total for their salaries is $1,547,991.
There are 53 people who work in the Information Request Service Group and the annual
total for their salaries is $4,489,296.
Please note that as part of its commitment to openness and transparency, Police
proactively releases some information and documents that may be of interest to the
public. An anonymised version of this response may be publicly released on the New
Zealand Police website.
Yours sincerely
Jeremy Wood
Chief Policy and Planning Officer
New Zealand Police