Dear Ms Sutherland

 

Thank you for request of 19 July 2016. As you are aware, the Ombudsman is
not subject to the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA), however, this
Office endeavours to comply with the spirit of the legislation, unless we
are unable to do so.

 

You have sought ‘a list of all overdue OIA requests made for each
government department as at 19 July 2016.’ Regrettably, the Ombudsman does
not hold information of this nature. This Office only holds information
relating to the complaints we have received ie, delay complaints. However,
I would note that in former Chief Ombudsman Dame Beverley’s own motion
investigation report entitled ‘Not a game of hide and seek’ the following
recommendation was made:

 

My Office should work with agencies to develop a standardised model for
data collection of OIA requests to enable high quality analysis and
compliance.

For your reference, the full report is available at:
[1]http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/syste...

 

It would be open to you to request this information from any agency which
is subject to the OIA directly.

 

You have also sought ‘the current number of complaints outstanding for
each government department, and a break down of what each complaint
relates to’.

 

Before, responding to this aspect of your request, it would be helpful if
you could please clarify a couple of matters:

 

·         By ‘government departments’ do you mean the government
departments listed in Schedule 1, Part 1 of the Ombudsmen Act 1975 ie,
[2]http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/publi...

·         Can you please confirm whether you are seeking information about
Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) complaints only?

 

Kind regards

 

Alex Schröder

Acting Principal Advisor

Office of the Ombudsman | Tari o te Kaitiaki Mana Tangata

 

Phone 09 379 6102 | Fax 04 471 2254

[3]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz

Level 10, 55-65 Shortland Street, Auckland

PO Box 10152, Wellington 6143

 

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From: Kyle Sutherland
Sent: Tuesday, 19 Jul 2016 01:11 p.m.
To: Info
Subject: Official Information request - List of overdue OIA requests made
against each government department

Dear Office of the Ombudsman,

I am writing with the request that you please provide a list of all
overdue OIA requests made for each government department as at 19 July
2016.

Please also advise the current number of complaints outstanding for each
government department, and a break down of what each complaint relates to.

I am aware this request does not come under the OIA act, so if this
request would be better suited to another agency, please advise.

Yours faithfully,

Kyle Sutherland

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Thank you for your email.

I am currently out of the Office. I will be returning on Wednesday 27 July 2016.

If your matter is urgent or requires immediate attention please email my Manager, Emma Leach, at [email address]<mailto:[email address]> or call 0800 802 602.

Kind regards

Alex Schr?der
Acting Principal Advisor
Office of the Ombudsman | Tari o te Kaitiaki Mana Tangata

Phone 09 379 6102 | Fax 04 471 2254
Email [email address] | www.ombudsman.parliament.nz
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Dear Kyle

 

Thank you for the clarification you have provided, it is appreciated. I
understand that you are seeking information about OIA complaints
concerning government departments (listed in Schedule 1, Part 1 of the
Ombudsmen Act 1975). I will respond to each aspect of your request in
turn.

 

The number of OIA delay complaints received across all departments for the
period 1 July 2015 - 30 June 2016.

 

In 2015/16 we received 111 OIA ‘Delay Deemed Refusal’ (section 28(4) of
the OIA) complaints against the below agencies. Please note that we are
currently in the process of reviewing the integrity of our data for our
2015/16 Annual Report, so it is possible that this table may include a few
minor inaccuracies.

 

Government Department No. of OIA Delay Deemed Refusal
complaints
Crown Law Office 1
Department of Conservation 8
Department of Corrections 10
Department of Internal Affairs 1
Department of the Prime Minister And 2
Cabinet
Inland Revenue Department 1
Ministry for the Environment 4
Ministry for Primary Industries 2
Ministry of Business, Innovation and 3
Employment
Ministry of Education 3
Ministry of Foreign Affairs And Trade 8
Ministry of Health 4
Ministry of Justice 7
Ministry of Maori Development 2
Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs 1
Ministry of Social Development 43
New Zealand Customs Service 1
New Zealand Defence Force 10
Total 111

 

 

The number of delay complaints unresolved as at 30 June 2016.

 

As at 30 June 2016, we had 32 open (ie, ‘unresolved’) OIA ‘Delay Deemed
Refusal’ (section 28(4) of the OIA) complaints against the above agencies.
By way of context, 12 of these complaints were less than a month old as at
30 June 2016.

 

I hope this information is helpful. If you require anything further please
just let me know.

 

Kind regards

 

Alex Schröder

Acting Principal Advisor

Office of the Ombudsman | Tari o te Kaitiaki Mana Tangata

 

Phone 09 379 6102 | Fax 04 471 2254

[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz

Level 10, 55-65 Shortland Street, Auckland

PO Box 10152, Wellington 6143

 

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 From: Kyle Sutherland
 Sent: Tuesday, 19 Jul 2016 01:11 p.m.
 To: Info
 Subject: Official Information request - List of overdue OIA requests made
 against each government department

 Dear Office of the Ombudsman,

 I am writing with the request that you please provide a list of all
 overdue OIA requests made for each government department as at 19 July
 2016.

 Please also advise the current number of complaints outstanding for each
 government department, and a break down of what each complaint relates
to.

 I am aware this request does not come under the OIA act, so if this
 request would be better suited to another agency, please advise.

 Yours faithfully,

 Kyle Sutherland

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