Hi Tom,

 

Apologies for the delay, this email is to acknowledge receipt of your
request for official information under the Official Information Act 1982.

 

Kind regards

Ministerial Services

 

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Dear Tom

 

I refer to your official information request dated 18 January 2018 for the
cost of Callaghan Innovation responding to all requests made on behalf of
the Taxpayers’ Union or by Jordan Williams over the current and previous
two financial years. You have also requested for the costs to be broken
down by financial year and into staff time and material costs.

 

I am writing to advise you that we need to extend the deadline for this
request until Friday 23 February 2018, under section 15A(b) of the OIA.
Responding to OIA requests from the Taxpayers’ Union has involved multiple
business units, and further consultation is required in order to produce
an estimate of the full cost of responding to these requests.

 

In partial response to your request, the number of requests we have
received from the Taxpayers’ Union or Jordan Williams in the current year
up to the date of your request and the previous two financial years is:

o FY 2017/18: 40 (please note this includes 14 similar requests from
individuals seeking further details about information released only to
the Taxpayers’ Union)
o FY 2016/17: 2
o FY 2015/16: 3

 

You have the right, under section 28(3), to make a complaint to the
Ombudsman about this extension. Information about how to make a complaint
is available at [1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

Yours sincerely

Ministerial Services

 

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Dear Tom

 

I refer to your official information request dated 18 January 2018 for the
cost for Callaghan Innovation to respond to all requests made on behalf of
the Taxpayer's Union or by Jordan Williams over the current and previous 2
financial years.

 

The estimated cost of responding to requests for information from the
Taxpayers Union or Jordan Williams is shown in the table below. Please
note that the number of requests received in the current financial year
includes 14 similar requests from individuals seeking further details
about information released only to the Taxpayers’ Union. We have not
included materials costs as the responses to these requests were all sent
electronically.

 

+-------------------------------------+
|  |Number of|Estimated|Estimated|
| | OIA | staff | cost |
| |requests | time | |
| | | (hours) | |
|-------+---------+---------+---------|
|FY17/18| 40 | 891 | $103,571|
|-------+---------+---------+---------|
|FY16/17| 2 | 45 | $5,179|
|-------+---------+---------+---------|
|FY15/16| 3 | 67 | $7,768|
|-------+---------+---------+---------|
|Total | 45 | 1003 | $116,518|
+-------------------------------------+

 

These costs have been estimated based on average generated from sample of
OIAs. These estimates include the time required to search for and collate
the information within scope, to review the information and make any
redactions required, for internal consultation, and for approval by the
responsible manager(s).

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

Yours sincerely

Ministerial Services

 

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Dear Tom,

 

Please see attached the full response to your information request.

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

Yours sincerely

Ministerial Services

 

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To ensure compliance with legal requirements and to maintain cyber
security standards, our IT systems are subject to ongoing monitoring,
activity logging and auditing. This monitoring and auditing service may be
provided by third parties. Such third parties can access information
transmitted to, processed by and stored on our IT systems.

References

Visible links
1. http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/