Full record of NZ gov't spending related to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
Dave Lane made this Official Information request to Minister of Trade
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From: Dave Lane
Dear Minister of Trade,
I would like a full record of expenditure break down of the costs incurred by your office (and those of your predecessors) and across all ministerial and departmental budgets, related to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (and its precursors). Please split out the following:
1. ministerial travel,
2. official travel,
3. legal and policy advice,
4. analysis,
5. communications, and
6. other (providing details classifying those "other" expenses).
Please also show costs incurred both prior to and following the formal involvement of the USA.
Sincerely,
Dave Lane
https://davelane.nz
From: T McClay (MIN)
Minister of Trade
On behalf of Hon Todd McClay, thank you for your email.
Your comments will be noted. If you have requested a formal response, this
will be forthcoming in due course.
Thank you once again for taking the time to get in touch.
Regards,
Office of Hon Todd McClay
[email address]
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From: Liese Galvin
Dear Dave Lane
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION UNDER THE OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT 1982
On behalf of Hon Todd McClay, Minister of Trade, thank you for your email of 24 January 2017 requesting the following information under the Official Information Act:
"I would like a full record of expenditure break down of the costs incurred by your office (and those of your predecessors) and across all ministerial and departmental budgets, related to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (and its precursors). Please split out the following:
1. ministerial travel,
2. official travel,
3. legal and policy advice,
4. analysis,
5. communications, and
6. other (providing details classifying those "other" expenses).
Please also show costs incurred both prior to and following the formal involvement of the USA."
The Minister is considering your request in accordance with the Act, and will respond to you in due course.
Kind regards
Liese Galvin
Liese Galvin | Private Secretary -Trade | Office of Hon Todd McClay | Level 19R Bowen House, Parliament Buildings, PO Box 18041, Wellington 6160, New Zealand
E: [email address] W: http://www.beehive.govt.nz http://www.parliament.nz
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From: Dave Lane
Dear Liese Galvin,
Thank you for your update. I look forward with interest to a timely and complete response. I see from FYI.org.nz that the Minister's office is quite tardy on several other TPPA-related OIA requests. I trust this will not happen in the case of my request.
Yours sincerely,
Dave Lane
From: T McClay (MIN)
Minister of Trade
Dear Dave Lane,
On behalf of Hon Todd McClay, Minister of Trade, please see attached
letter in response to your request of 24 January 2017 under the Official
Information Act.
Kind regards,
Shannon
Shannon | Private Secretary | Office of Hon Todd McClay
Minister of Trade | Minister for State Owned Enterprises | Member of
Parliament for Rotorua
Wellington Office | Level 19 Bowen House, Parliament Buildings |
Wellington | New Zealand
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I don't believe that the Minister's response answers my query. He simply points me to publicly available information at https://www.dia.govt.nz/About-us-Our-Org... which provides only aggregated figures for the travel expenses of each minister. That falls far short of the level of specific information I requested, which included a breakdown of costs (not just travel-related) associated with the Minister's (and his predecessors') travel. Not good enough.
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