Tēnā koe Bronwyn Drysdale

Thank you for your email received 24 November 2015, under the Official Information Act 1982. Your request has been forwarded to the appropriate officials at National office to respond. You may expect a response to be sent to you as soon as possible.

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Official and Parliamentary Information team | Ministerial and Executive Services
Ministry of Social Development

Our Purpose:
We help New Zealanders to help themselves to be safe, strong and independent
Ko ta mātou he whakamana tangata kia tū haumaru, kia tū kaha, kia tū motuhake

-----Original Message-----
From: Bronwyn Drysdale [mailto:[FOI #3399 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 24 November 2015 4:39 p.m.
To: OIA_Requests (MSD)
Subject: Official Information Act request - Attention: Ministry of Housing within MSD Request for Housing information in relation to pregnant women under 25 years or young families

Dear Ministry of Social Development,

Attention specifically to: The Minister of Housing

I am writing to request information relating to housing availability for young pregnant women. The information I require is as follows:
1) How many women under the age of 25, who are pregnant at time of application or have at least one child under the age of one: have applied for emergency housing through either the City Council or Housing New Zealand in the greater Wellington region (domicile area of the three DHBs), each year between 2010 and 2015?

2)How many women under the age of 25, who are pregnant at time of application or have at least one child under the age of one have accessed emergency refuges in the greater Wellington region, each year between 2010 and 2015?

3) How many women were excluded from these services, and on what grounds (e.g. age, drug or alcohol issues or mental health issues)?

4) Where are young women excluded from these services referred to, if anywhere?

I look forward to receiving this information from you in due course.

Yours Faithfully,

Bronwyn Drysdale

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Tēnā koe Bronwyn Drysdale,

Please find attached the Ministry of Social Development's response to your request for the following information:

"1) How many women under the age of 25, who are pregnant at time of application or have at least one child under the age of one: have applied for emergency housing through either the City Council or Housing New Zealand in the greater Wellington region (domicile area of the three DHBs), each year between 2010 and 2015?

2)How many women under the age of 25, who are pregnant at time of application or have at least one child under the age of one have accessed emergency refuges in the greater Wellington region, each year between 2010 and 2015?

3) How many women were excluded from these services, and on what grounds (e.g. age, drug or alcohol issues or mental health issues)?

4) Where are young women excluded from these services referred to, if anywhere?"

Please note that we have addressed three of your Official Information Act requests in the one letter so the same letter will be posted to each of your requests on the FYI website

Nāku noa, na

Official and Parliamentary Information team   |  Ministerial and Executive Services
Ministry of Social Development

Our Purpose:
We help New Zealanders to help themselves to be safe, strong and independent
Ko ta mātou he whakamana tangata kia tū haumaru, kia tū kaha, kia tū motuhake

-----Original Message-----
From: Bronwyn Drysdale [mailto:[FOI #3399 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 24 November 2015 4:39 p.m.
To: OIA_Requests (MSD)
Subject: Official Information Act request - Attention: Ministry of Housing within MSD Request for Housing information in relation to pregnant women under 25 years or young families

Dear Ministry of Social Development,

Attention specifically to: The Minister of Housing

I am writing to request information relating to housing availability for young pregnant women. The information I require is as follows:
1) How many women under the age of 25, who are pregnant at time of application or have at least one child under the age of one: have applied for emergency housing through either the City Council or Housing New Zealand in the greater Wellington region (domicile area of the three DHBs), each year between 2010 and 2015?

2)How many women under the age of 25, who are pregnant at time of application or have at least one child under the age of one have accessed emergency refuges in the greater Wellington region, each year between 2010 and 2015?

3) How many women were excluded from these services, and on what grounds (e.g. age, drug or alcohol issues or mental health issues)?

4) Where are young women excluded from these services referred to, if anywhere?

I look forward to receiving this information from you in due course.

Yours Faithfully,

Bronwyn Drysdale

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This is an OIA request done via the FYI website.

Please do not send progress updates as PDF files.

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
https://fyi.org.nz/help/officers

If you find this service useful as an OIA officer, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA page.

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This email and any attachments may contain information that is confidential and subject to legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, dissemination, distribution or duplication of this email and attachments is prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify the author immediately and erase all copies of the email and attachments. The Ministry of Social Development accepts no responsibility for changes made to this message or attachments after transmission from the Ministry.

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