Advice on New Zealand's refugee quota September 2016
M Stephens made this Official Information request to Minister of Immigration
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From: M Stephens
Dear Minister of Immigration,
I would like to request under the Official Information Act:
* all departmental advice to the Minister of Immigration between
June 13, 2015 and September 22, 2016 on New Zealand’s Refugee
Resettlement Quota.
If any documents that fall within the scope of my request are to be
withheld in full then I would like the titles and dates of those
documents to be released. I would also prefer that if my request is
expansive enough to trigger a s18(f) refusal that I can be provided
with the titles/dates of the relevant documents so that I can focus
my request forwards particular documents.
Yours faithfully,
M Stephens
From: M Woodhouse
On behalf of Hon Michael Woodhouse, thank you for your email.
Please be assured that all correspondence is read by this office. If your
email falls outside of the Minister’s portfolio responsibilities, or
expresses a personal view, your opinion will be noted and your
correspondence may be transferred to another office or there may be no
further response.
Where the Minister has portfolio responsibilities for the issues raised, a
response will be sent to you in due course.
Thank you for taking the time to write.
Office of Hon Michael Woodhouse
Parliament Buildings, Wellington | Tel 04 817 6836 |
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From: M Woodhouse
Dear M Stephens
On behalf of Hon Michael Woodhouse, Minister of Immigration, thank you for your Official Information Act request received on 22 September 2016, regarding:
all departmental advice to the Minister of Immigration between June 13, 2015 and September 22, 2016 on New Zealand’s Refugee Resettlement Quota
You can expect a response to your request within the statutory timeframes under the Act.
Thank you for writing.
Yours sincerely
Office of Hon Michael Woodhouse │ Minister of Immigration
Parliament Buildings │ Wellington
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From: M Woodhouse
Dear Murdoch Stephens
Please find attached correspondence from the Private Secretary for
Immigration.
Yours sincerely
Office of Hon Michael Woodhouse
Minister of Immigration
4.5R, Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington
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From: M Woodhouse
Dear Mr Stephens
On behalf of Hon Michael Woodhouse, Minister of Immigration, thank you for
your Official Information Act request received on 22 September 2016.
Please find attached the response to your request.
Yours sincerely
Office of Hon Michael Woodhouse
Minister of Immigration
Parliament Buildings
Wellington
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From: M Stephens
Dear M Woodhouse,
Thank you for you reply. To clarify, was there any advice between 14 June, 2016 and 12 July, 2016 (inclusive) on New Zealand's refugee resettlement quota.
Your reply notes that there was none between 12 July and September 22, 2016 but there is no indication whether any other advice was produced between the time when the decision was made in cabinet on June 13 and this later time on 12 July.
Yours sincerely,
M Stephens
From: M Woodhouse
On behalf of Hon Michael Woodhouse, thank you for your email.
Please be assured that all correspondence is read by this office. If your
email falls outside of the Minister’s portfolio responsibilities, or
expresses a personal view, your opinion will be noted and your
correspondence may be transferred to another office or there may be no
further response.
Where the Minister has portfolio responsibilities for the issues raised, a
response will be sent to you in due course.
Thank you for taking the time to write.
Office of Hon Michael Woodhouse
Parliament Buildings, Wellington | Tel 04 817 6836 |
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From: M Woodhouse
Dear Mr Stephens
On behalf of Hon Michael Woodhouse, Minister of Immigration, I acknowledge receipt of your email of 15 November 2016.
To confirm, there was no advice provided to the Minister of Immigration on the refugee quota in the period between 14 June 2016 and 12 July 2016.
Your sincerely
Office of Hon Michael Woodhouse
Minister of Immigration
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From: M Stephens
Dear M Woodhouse,
Thank you for the clarification.
Yours sincerely,
M Stephens
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