Cost of external management consultants

Natalie Wilson made this Official Information request to Ministry of Health

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From: Natalie Wilson

Dear Ministry of Health,
I would like to request the total figure which has been spent on external management consultants and financial advisors between 2010 and 2015.

Yours faithfully,

Natalie Wilson

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From: Natalie Wilson

Dear Ministry of Health,

Still waiting for response to my query. This should have happened by November 17th.
Please advise status of my request.

Yours faithfully,

Natalie Wilson

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From: Natalie Wilson

Dear Ministry of Health,
No response from you? By law you should have responded by now.

Yours faithfully,

Natalie Wilson

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Hi Natalie
Have you put a complaint into the ombudsman? I was after this information as well, so was pleased to see your request.

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Kia ora,

My apologies but this is the first time that I've heard of this request.
It is standard practice for use to send an acknowledgement email/letter,
in which we give you the expected due date, as well as a reference number
for your specific request. If you could forward me a copy of that, then I
can try and figure out if we've received the request.

If we haven't received it, please resend your request and I'll lodge it
for processing. The due date will be calculated from when we receive your
request and will take into account the non-working days period within the
OIA [the period commencing 25 December in any year and ending 15 January
in the following year.]

Regards,

Chris Fletcher l OIA Co-ordinator
[MOH request email]     l
Government Relations l Ministerial, Executive and Government Services l
Office of the Director General

[1]http://www.health.govt.nz

From:        Natalie Wilson
<[FYI request #4800 email]>
To:        OIA/LGOIMA requests at MOH <[MOH request email]>,
Date:        17/12/2016 04:20 p.m.
Subject:        Re: Official Information request - Cost of external
management consultants

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Dear Ministry of Health,
No response from you? By law you should have responded by now.

Yours faithfully,

Natalie Wilson

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From: Natalie Wilson

Dear Ministry of Health,
This was my original request

From: Natalie Wilson

October 19, 2016

Dear Ministry of Health,
I would like to request the total figure which has been spent on external management consultants and financial advisors between 2010 and 2015.

Yours faithfully,

Natalie Wilson

As you can see sent on October 19th 2016.

Yours faithfully,

Natalie Wilson

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Dear Natalie

We have picked up your message of 19 December 2016 below from the FYI
site.  However it appears that all but one of your messages (including
your last one) have not be auto forwarded by the FYI website to the
Ministry for response.  I will be in contact with the FYI team to advise
that this has occurred.

We will now lodge and action your request.

In the mean time if you have not done so already some of the information
you are seeking may be available a part of the Select Committee Annual
Financial Review of the Ministry of Health.  This information is
publically available on the Parliament website.  You can locate the
information by using the search/filtering option under the Parliamentary
Business tab.

Regards

From: Natalie Wilson

December 19, 2016

Dear Ministry of Health,
This was my original request

From: Natalie Wilson

October 19, 2016

Dear Ministry of Health,
I would like to request the total figure which has been spent on external
management consultants and financial advisors between 2010 and 2015.

Yours faithfully,

Natalie Wilson

As you can see sent on October 19th 2016.

Yours faithfully,

Natalie Wilson

Liz McMillan
Manager
[MOH request email]
Government Relations l Ministerial, Executive and Government Services l
Office of the Director General

[1]http://www.health.govt.nz

From:        OIA Requests/MOH
To:        Natalie Wilson <[FYI request #4800 email]>,
Cc:        OIA/LGOIMA requests at MOH <[MOH request email]>
Date:        19/12/2016 04:19 p.m.
Subject:        Re: Official Information request - Cost of external
management consultants
Sent by:        Christopher Fletcher

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Kia ora,

My apologies but this is the first time that I've heard of this request.
It is standard practice for use to send an acknowledgement email/letter,
in which we give you the expected due date, as well as a reference number
for your specific request. If you could forward me a copy of that, then I
can try and figure out if we've received the request.

If we haven't received it, please resend your request and I'll lodge it
for processing. The due date will be calculated from when we receive your
request and will take into account the non-working days period within the
OIA [the period commencing 25 December in any year and ending 15 January
in the following year.]

Regards,

Chris Fletcher l OIA Co-ordinator
[MOH request email]     l
Government Relations l Ministerial, Executive and Government Services l
Office of the Director General

[2]http://www.health.govt.nz

From:        Natalie Wilson
<[FYI request #4800 email]>
To:        OIA/LGOIMA requests at MOH <[MOH request email]>,
Date:        17/12/2016 04:20 p.m.
Subject:        Re: Official Information request - Cost of external
management consultants

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Dear Ministry of Health,
No response from you? By law you should have responded by now.

Yours faithfully,

Natalie Wilson

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Dear Ms Wilson

Thank you for your request for official information, received by the
Ministry of Health on 19 December 2016.

You requested:

Dear Ministry of Health,
This was my original request

From: Natalie Wilson

October 19, 2016

Dear Ministry of Health,
I would like to request the total figure which has been spent on external
management consultants and financial advisors between 2010 and 2015.

Yours faithfully,

Natalie Wilson

As you can see sent on October 19th 2016.

Yours faithfully,

Natalie Wilson

Your request has been received and logged.  You can expect a reply no
later than 8 February 2016 as required under the Official Information Act
1982.

Please note that a working day is defined in the Act as ‘any day of the
week other than a Saturday, Sunday, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Anzac Day,
Labour Day, the Sovereigns birthday, Waitangi Day and a day in the period
commencing 25 December in any year and ending 15 January in the following
year.

If a large amount of information has been requested or if the Ministry
needs to consult in order to make a decision, we may need to extend this
date (this is provided for in section 15A of the Act).  We will advise you
if such an extension is necessary.

The Ministry's reference number for your request is: H201604983

Yours sincerely,

Ashley Goodwin
Government Relations  
Ministerial and Executive Services (MEGS) l Office of the Director General
Ministry of Health

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Dear Ms Wilson

Thank you for your request for official information, received by the
Ministry of Health on 19 December 2016.

You requested:

Dear Ministry of Health,
This was my original request
From: Natalie Wilson, October 19, 2016

Dear Ministry of Health, I would like to request the total figure which
has been spent on external management consultants and financial advisors
between 2010 and 2015.
Yours faithfully,Natalie Wilson

As you can see sent on October 19th 2016.
Yours faithfully,
Natalie Wilson

Payments made to contractors and consultants can be found in the
Ministry's annual reports published on our
website.[1]http://www.health.govt.nz/about-ministry...

There are Six reports available on the website:

[2]http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/an...
[3]http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/an...
[4]http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/an...
[5]http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/an...
[6]http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/an...
[7]http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/an...

Information relating to your request, can be found in each report in the
pages relevant to the Financial statements.

The applicable pages can be found in the contents at the beginning of each
report, In most cases this will be under the heading of Section 2:
Financial statements.

In most cases the information you may wish to refer to will be under the
category of "Notes to the financial statements for the year ended xxxx".

I trust this information will be of assistance.

Kind regards,

Ashley Goodwin
Government Relations  
Ministerial and Executive Services (MEGS) l Office of the Director General
Ministry of Health

[MOH request email]
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