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Kia ora,

 

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From: Elspeth Baker-Vevers
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Sent: Saturday, 29 November 2025 1:15 pm
To: Information [DPMC] <[DPMC request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - 6 - ADHD Cross-Agency Governance
or Strategy

 

Kia ora,

 

I’m making this Official Information Act request as part of ADHDInquiryNZ,
a grassroots, unfunded, and non-partisan volunteer initiative supporting a
public petition calling for a Parliamentary inquiry into systemic harm to
people with ADHD in Aotearoa. This request focuses on information held by
your agency to help identify how ADHD is currently recognised within
existing systems. The information gathered from this and related requests
will be used to help identify any patterns across agencies and will
contribute to the evidence provided to the Petitions Committee when the
petition period closes. I appreciate the time involved in OIA responses.

 

Please treat this as a request for official information under the OIA. I
am requesting the specific information listed below. I understand the
agency’s obligation to assist under s 13 and that a decision should be
made within 20 working days of receipt (transfer within 10 working days).
If any part of this request requires clarification, please let me know no
later than 5 working days from receipt. If an extension under s 15A is
needed, please state the reason and duration. This request is confined to
information held by DPMC; please do not transfer for commentary.

 

Timeframe:

This request covers the period 1 January 2015 to the date this request is
received.

 

Format:

Where datasets, tables, or modelling outputs are provided, I request they
be supplied in machine readable format (CSV or original spreadsheet file)
along with any data dictionaries or field definitions. A machine-readable
format is requested to minimise collation and preserve original structure.

 

Scope clarification to reduce unnecessary work:

To streamline this request, I am not seeking internal email chains,
drafts, or personal information about individuals unless they are the only
holders of the substantive information described.

If any part of this request is likely to be refused under section 18(f)
due to substantial collation, please identify that specific part early so
I can refine it.

 

Please provide:

 

1. Any documentation, advice, or briefings since 2015 regarding
cross-agency coordination, governance, or strategy for ADHD.

 

2. Please provide any Cabinet papers, Cabinet Office Circulars, regulatory
impact statements, or ministerial briefings in which ADHD is identified as
a risk, inequity, or priority since 2015.

 

3. Any references to ADHD in Cabinet papers or inter-departmental
committees relating to mental health, neurodiversity, or disability
policy.

 

4. Any acknowledgement of systemic gaps or equity issues for ADHD within
inter-agency work.

 

5. If no such information is held, please confirm and state whether ADHD
has ever been considered under other national strategies (e.g., Autism
Guideline or Mental Health and Addiction Strategy).

 

6. Please provide any documents, advice, or correspondence since 2015 in
which your agency discussed or commented on the potential benefit or need
for a coordinated, cross-sector national ADHD strategy. (This refers to a
coordinated, cross-sector ADHD strategy across government systems,
distinct from the Ministry of Health’s clinical framework.)

 

7. Please provide any cross-agency evaluation, performance, or
accountability frameworks that include ADHD outcomes or measures. If none
exist, please confirm this.

 

8. Please confirm whether any ministry has been assigned formal oversight
responsibility for ADHD policy, coordination, or strategy across
government. If no such assignment exists, please confirm this.

 

If your agency does not hold some or all of the information requested,
that absence also helps clarify how ADHD is currently recognised,
prioritised, or governed across the public sector. Identifying such gaps
is part of building the evidence base for an informed, coordinated
response.

 

Please confirm if the information is not held by your agency, and include
any existing documents or correspondence that record a decision not to
collect, monitor, or coordinate ADHD related information. If applicable,
please also indicate how related matters are categorised (for example,
under neurodiversity, mental health, behavioural conditions, disability,
or broader social sector work).

 

Ngā mihi,

Elspeth Baker-Vevers

 

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[IN-CONFIDENCE]

 

Kia ora,

 

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982
received on 16 December 2025, copied below. We will respond to your
request within the statutory timeframes set out in the Act. If we are
unable to meet these timeframes we will notify you.

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Elspeth Baker-Vevers
<[FOI #33055 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 16 December 2025 5:08 pm
To: Information [DPMC] <[DPMC request email]>
Subject: Re: Your OIA request – Response

 

Kia ora Jenna,

 

Thank you for your response of 16 December 2025. To reduce collation and
clarify the record, I would like to make a narrower follow-up request.

 

1) Please confirm, in relation to information held by DPMC: Whether DPMC
has ever discussed or recorded discussion (at any level) regarding the
potential benefit or need for a coordinated, cross-sector national ADHD
strategy, distinct from the Ministry of Health’s clinical framework.

 

2) Whether any ministry has been assigned formal oversight responsibility
for ADHD policy, coordination, or strategy across government.

 

If no such discussion or assignment exists, please confirm this.

 

Ngā mihi,

Elspeth

 

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[UNCLASSIFIED]

 

 

 

Kia ora

 

 

 

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Ngā mihi

 

 

 

Ministerial Coordinator

Ministerial Services

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Kia ora

 

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Ngā mihi

 

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Kia ora Elspeth

 

Thank you for your request for official information received on 12
December 2025 requesting: 

 

"Timeframe: This request covers the period 1 January 2015 to the date this
request is received. Format: Where datasets, tables, or modelling outputs
are provided, I request they be supplied in machine readable format (CSV
or original spreadsheet file) along with any data dictionaries or field
definitions. A machine-readable format is requested to minimise collation
and preserve original structure. Scope clarification to reduce unnecessary
work: To streamline this request, I am not seeking internal email chains,
drafts, or personal information about individuals unless they are the only
holders of the substantive information described. If any part of this
request is likely to be refused under section 18(f) due to substantial
collation, please identify that specific part early so I can refine it.

Please provide:

1. Any documentation, advice, or briefings since 2015 regarding
cross-agency coordination, governance, or strategy for ADHD.

2. Please provide any Cabinet papers, Cabinet Office Circulars, regulatory
impact statements, or ministerial briefings in which ADHD is identified as
a risk, inequity, or priority since 2015.

3. Any references to ADHD in Cabinet papers or inter-departmental
committees relating to mental health, neurodiversity, or disability
policy.

4. Any acknowledgement of systemic gaps or equity issues for ADHD within
inter-agency work.

5. If no such information is held, please confirm and state whether ADHD
has ever been considered under other national strategies (e.g., Autism
Guideline or Mental Health and Addiction Strategy).

6. Please provide any documents, advice, or correspondence since 2015 in
which your agency discussed or commented on the potential benefit or need
for a coordinated, cross-sector national ADHD strategy. (This refers to a
coordinated, cross-sector ADHD strategy across government systems,
distinct from the Ministry of Health’s clinical framework.)

7. Please provide any cross-agency evaluation, performance, or
accountability frameworks that include ADHD outcomes or measures. If none
exist, please confirm this.

8. Please confirm whether any ministry has been assigned formal oversight
responsibility for ADHD policy, coordination, or strategy across
government. If no such assignment exists, please confirm this."

 

The Ministry of Health has decided to extend the period of time available
to respond to your request under section 15A of the Official Information
Act 1982 (the Act) as the consultations necessary to make
a decision on the request are such that a proper response to the request cannot reasonably be made within the original time limit. 

 

You can now expect a response to your request on, or before, 17 February
2026. 

 

You have the right, under section 28 of the Act, to ask the Ombudsman to
review my decision to extend the time available to respond to your
request. 

 

 

Ngâ mihi,

 

 

OIA Services Team

Ministry of Health | Manatû Hauora

 

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Kia ora Elspeth

 

Please find attached the response to your request for official
information. 

 

Ngā mihi,

 

 

OIA Services Team

Ministry of Health | Manatū Hauora

 

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