Dear Dr Shaw 

 

Please find attached an acknowledgement letter regarding your recent
request for information.

 

Kind regards

 

MINISTERIAL ADVISOR

 

Ministerial Services

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Dear Dr Shaw

 

Thank you for your email of 15 September 2016 requesting, under the
Official Information Act 1982, the following information:

 

“Might you please update the response you gave to me some time ago
regarding the research money for the regions, by giving an account of how
much money is directed at projects in Taranaki, their objectives, what
reports you have on their advancement, and who is responsible for those
projects?

A comparative spreadsheet showing the level of funding to other regions
for comparison would also be informative.”

 

Regarding the first part of your request, the phrase “directed at projects
in Taranaki” can be interpreted to mean

a) projects by organisations that are based in Taranaki;

b) projects carried out in Taranaki (but possibly hosted elsewhere); or

c) projects about Taranaki. Interpretations b and c are much broader and
would require the Ministry to undertake substantial collation or research
in order to respond to the request.

 

Regarding the second part of your request, the Ministry runs multiple
funding rounds for research and regional economic development. Some funds
are for the purpose of supporting regional activity, while for others
regional data is not collected as the region is not considered as part of
the funding decision.

 

It is likely that the Ministry will refuse your request under sections 18
(e) or 18 (f) of the Official Information Act, that the information
requested does not exist; or cannot be made available without substantial
collation or research, unless you can clarify your request.

 

As you allude to, you have previously corresponded with the Ministry about
Regional Research Institutes. If the scope of the first part of your
request was narrowed to that initiative, we would be able to respond to
the full request.

 

The Ministry invites you to narrow or clarify your request.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Paul Bruere

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Dr Robert Shaw
[mailto:[FOI #4607 email]]
Sent: Thursday, 15 September 2016 7:02 p.m.
To: *OIA
Subject: Official Information request - Regional research institutes money
for Taranaki

 

Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,

 

Might you please update the response you gave to me some time ago
regarding the research money for the regions, by giving an account of how
much money is directed at projects in Taranaki, their objectives, what
reports you have on their advancement, and who is responsible for those
projects?

A comparative spreadsheet showing the level of funding to other regions
for comparison would also be informative.

Thank you.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Dr Robert Shaw

 

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Dear Mr Shaw

Thank you for refining your request as per below. We have updated our records and will respond to you soon.

Kind regards

MINISTERIAL ADVISOR

Ministerial Services
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dr Robert Shaw [mailto:[FOI #4607 email]]
Sent: Wednesday, 21 September 2016 1:15 p.m.
To: *OIA
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Regional research institutes money for Taranaki [UNCLASSIFIED]

Dear Paul and co

Thank you for your helpful reply. I am happy to narrow the request as you suggest. My interest is the input from central government into Taranaki given that we are the worst performing region in the Auckland Saving Banks quarterly survey of regional economic performance.

Yours sincerely,

Dr Robert Shaw

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Dear Dr Shaw

 

Thank you for your email of 15 September 2016 requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982, the following information:

 

“Might you please update the response you gave to me some time ago regarding the research money for the regions, by giving an account of how much money is directed at projects in Taranaki, their objectives, what reports you have on their advancement, and who is responsible for those projects?

A comparative spreadsheet showing the level of funding to other regions for comparison would also be informative.”

 

Regarding the first part of your request, the phrase “directed at projects in Taranaki” can be interpreted to mean

a) projects by organisations that are based in Taranaki;

b) projects carried out in Taranaki (but possibly hosted elsewhere); or

c) projects about Taranaki. Interpretations b and c are much broader and would require the Ministry to undertake substantial collation or research in order to respond to the request.

 

Regarding the second part of your request, the Ministry runs multiple funding rounds for research and regional economic development. Some funds are for the purpose of supporting regional activity, while for others regional data is not collected as the region is not considered as part of the funding decision.

 

It is likely that the Ministry will refuse your request under sections 18
(e) or 18 (f) of the Official Information Act, that the information requested does not exist; or cannot be made available without substantial collation or research, unless you can clarify your request.

 

As you allude to, you have previously corresponded with the Ministry about Regional Research Institutes. If the scope of the first part of your request was narrowed to that initiative, we would be able to respond to the full request.

 

The Ministry invites you to narrow or clarify your request.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Paul Bruere

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

 

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Dear Dr Shaw,

 

Please find attached our response to DOIA 0362.

 

Kind regards,

 

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Michael Gibbons

Personal Assistant/Team Administrator | Science Policy & Innovation
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MINISTRY OF BUSINESS INNOVATION & EMPLOYMENT | HIKINA WHAKATUTUKI

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