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Dear Dr WG Robert Harrison,

On behalf of Hon Steven Joyce, Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment, thank you for your email of 12th October 2016, received on 12th October 2016, requesting , under the Official Information Act:

1. Under the OIA, I request all documentation, advice sought & received, costings, briefings to ministers and between officials in relation to sending New Zealand Government subsided/sponsored students to the United Kingdom and the United States to study for either undergraduate or postgraduate studies over the past 15 years (as at 11 October 2016).

2. I also request a breakdown of which universities (and Colleges) they attended, what course of study/degree studied for, whether they finished the programme of study, and the total cost per individual student paid for by the Government/taxpayer.

3. I also request the names of the NZ Government scholarships or sponsorships that these students were awarded in order to attend.

4. If there is a committee that decides (3), I would like a breakdown of the names, and institutions/organisations represented of those on the committee.

5. In addition to (1), I request the number of students (subsided/sponsored by the NZ Government) sent overseas to study in countries other than the USA and the UK. Which universities they attended, which courses they did, whether they completed it, and the total cost per individual student paid by the Government/taxpayer.

The Minister will consider your request and respond appropriately in due course.

Kind regards,

Francesca Crutchley | Private Secretary | Office of Hon Steven Joyce

Minister for Economic Development; Minister for Regulatory Reform; Minister of Science and Innovation; Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment; Minister Responsible for Novopay; Associate Minister of Finance
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Dear Dr Harrison

 

I consider that as your request below stands, covering 15 years of
information across multiple agencies, section 18(f) is likely to apply in
that the information requested cannot be made available without
substantial collation or research.

 

Before making a decision on your request, I would like to invite you to
consider refining the scope. In particular, you may wish to consider
substantially narrowing the date range of your request and the nature of
the information sought.

 

I would be happy for you to discuss this revision or any alternative via
return email.

 

Please note that even with a revised scope, it may be necessary to extend
the time frame to respond to the request to allow for sufficient
consultation and the collation of documents. I will advise you of the
revised date once we have agreed on a scope.

 

You have the right under section 28(3) of the Act to ask an Ombudsman to
review this decision.

 

Kind regards,

 

Tony

 

Tony de Jong  |  Ministerial Advisor 

Office of Hon Steven Joyce  |  Minister for Economic Development; Minister
for Regulatory Reform; Minister of Science and Innovation; Minister for
Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment; Minister Responsible for
Novopay; Associate Minister of Finance

7.2 Beehive, Parliament Buildings, Private Bag 18041,
Wellington 6160, New Zealand

T: 04 817 9376  |  M: 021 222 1087  |  F: 04 817 6513 

 

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Dr Harrison,

Thanks for your email below. I have on my records a due date of 7 December 2016, an extension on the original due date on the basis of substantial collation under 15(A)(1)(a). I've checked with our agencies who are compiling documents and they are working to this date. If I've not clearly conveyed this to you please accept my apologies as I believed I had.

Kind regards,

Tony

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Dr Harrison,

Further to my email below, on review of the documents identified within your request I find I need to extend your request further under section 15A(1)(b) as the consultations necessary to make a decision on the request are such that a proper response to the request cannot
reasonably be made within the original time limit. I am therefore extending your request until 31 January 2016.

Under section 28(3) of the Official Information Act 1982 you have the right to ask an Ombudsman to review this decision, and information on how to do so is available at http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/make-....

Regards,

Tony

Tony de Jong | Ministerial Advisor
Office of Hon Steven Joyce | Minister for Economic Development; Minister for Regulatory Reform; Minister of Science and Innovation; Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment; Minister Responsible for Novopay; Associate Minister of Finance
7.2 Beehive, Parliament Buildings, Private Bag 18041, Wellington 6160, New Zealand
T: 04 817 9376 | M: 021 222 1087 | F: 04 817 6513

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Dear Dr Harrison

 

Please find attached a letter from Hon Paul Goldsmith, Minister for
Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment, in response to your OIA
request.

 

 

Kind regards

 

Rachel Frederikson

Ministerial Secretary to Hon Paul Goldsmith

Minister of Science and Innovation | Minister for Tertiary Education,
Skills and Employment | Minister for Regulatory Reform

Parliament Buildings | Wellington | DDI: +64 4 817 9914

 

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