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ASST government funding, accommodation expenditure, and number of people assisted

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From: meghanniva

Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,

I request the following information under the Official Information Act 1982.

Please provide the following data for the 2018/19, 2022/23, 2023/24, and 2024/25 financial years:

1. The total amount of government funding managed by MBIE or INZ and provided to Asylum Seekers Support Trust (ASST) in each of the above financial years.

2. The number of unique individuals who were placed into accommodation provided by ASST itself.
Here, “accommodation provided by ASST itself” means accommodation owned, leased, operated, managed, or directly provided by ASST.

3. The number of unique individuals who were assisted by ASST to find external accommodation.
Here, external accommodation means housing that is not owned, leased, operated, managed, or directly provided by ASST.

Please provide item 3 separately according to the following external accommodation categories:

3.1 studio
3.2 flat accommodation
3.3 other

4. The funding actually spent on accommodation-related services to assist asylum seekers in each of the above financial years:

4.1 accommodation-related total expenditure
4.2 the amount spent on accommodation provided by ASST itself
4.3 the amount spent on assistance in finding external accommodation

Please do not count contacts, appointments, advocacy services, activities, or service interactions as individuals in the above people statistics. The people statistics requested above are for the number of unique individuals.

If exact data is not held, please provide the closest available data, estimated data, or partial data, and explain the relevant data scope and calculation basis.

Yours faithfully,

meghanniva

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Kia ora meghanniva,
 
On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 7/05/2026 requesting, under the Official
Information Act 1982, the following:
 
I request the following information under the Official Information Act
1982.

Please provide the following data for the 2018/19, 2022/23, 2023/24, and
2024/25 financial years:

1. The total amount of government funding managed by MBIE or INZ and
provided to Asylum Seekers Support Trust (ASST) in each of the above
financial years.

2. The number of unique individuals who were placed into accommodation
provided by ASST itself.
  Here, “accommodation provided by ASST itself” means accommodation owned,
leased, operated, managed, or directly provided by ASST.

3. The number of unique individuals who were assisted by ASST to find
external accommodation.
  Here, external accommodation means housing that is not owned, leased,
operated, managed, or directly provided by ASST.

Please provide item 3 separately according to the following external
accommodation categories:

3.1 studio
3.2 flat accommodation
3.3 other

4. The funding actually spent on accommodation-related services to assist
asylum seekers in each of the above financial years:

4.1 accommodation-related total expenditure
4.2 the amount spent on accommodation provided by ASST itself
4.3 the amount spent on assistance in finding external accommodation

Please do not count contacts, appointments, advocacy services, activities,
or service interactions as individuals in the above people statistics. The
people statistics requested above are for the number of unique
individuals.

If exact data is not held, please provide the closest available data,
estimated data, or partial data, and explain the relevant data scope and
calculation basis.
 
We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and no
later than 5/06/2026, being 20 working days after the day your request
was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
notify you of an extension of that timeframe. If you have any enquiries
regarding your request feel free to contact us via email to
[1][MBIE request email].
 
Nāku noa, nā
Ministerial Services
Strategy and Assurance
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 |  P O Box 1473 Wellington 6140

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