Tēnā koe Robert Stewart,

Thank you for your email received 10 February 2018, under the Official Information Act 1982. Your request has been forwarded to the appropriate officials at National Office to respond. You may expect a decision regarding your request to be sent to you as soon as possible.
 
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Ministry of Social Development

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From: Robert Stewart [mailto:[FYI request #7241 email]]
Sent: Saturday, 10 February 2018 2:19 p.m.
To: OIA_Requests (MSD)
Subject: Official Information request - Statistics & information request

Dear Ministry of Social Development,

Can you please provide me with the following information and statistics:

Total number of clients on MSD books?

Average number of clients seen per day broken down into each region?

Total cost of security guards for 2015,2016,& 2017?
- broken down into years and regions.

Can security guards use force ? If so what are the exact provisions that use of force is allowed to be used and what use of force is used i.e passive restraint etc ?

What training for use of force is given and who is the training provider ?

I would request this information in pdf format and emailed to me.

Yours faithfully,

Robert Stewart

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Mr Robert Stewart

[1][FOI #7241 email]

 

 

 

On 10 February 2018, you emailed the Ministry requesting, under the
Official Information Act 1982, information relating to Ministry clients
and security guards.

The Ministry has decided to grant your request in part. Some information
will be refused under section 18(g) of the Official Information Act as the
information requested is not held by the Ministry and there are no grounds
to believe that the information is held by another department or Minister
of the Crown or organisation subject to the Official Information Act.
However, it will take some time to prepare the information for release.
The information will be sent to you by Friday 23 March 2018. 

 

You may be interested to know that the Ministry reports client numbers on
a quarterly basis and releases this information publicly. Information
about the number of clients the Ministry provides assistance to is
available on the Ministry’s website and can be found on the Benefit Fact
Sheets page, which can be accessed at the link below:

 

[2]www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/statistics/benefit/

 

The data you have requested in your first question is available under
‘Summaries’ on ‘All main benefits fact sheet – December 2017’ and under
‘Excel tables’ on ‘National level data tables – December 2017’.

If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact
[3][MSD request email]

 

If you are not satisfied with this decision, you have the right to seek an
investigation and review by the Ombudsman. Information about how to make a
complaint is available at [4]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz  or 0800 802 602.

 

Kind regards,

 

Official and Parliamentary Information team  |  Ministerial and Executive
Services

Ministry of Social Development

 

Our Purpose:
We help New Zealanders to help themselves to be safe, strong and
independent.
Ko ta mâtou he whakamana tangata kia tû haumaru, kia tû kaha, kia tû
motuhake.

 

 

 

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Tēnā koe Mr Stewart,

 

Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request
regarding Ministry clients and security guards.

 

Nā mātou noa, nā

 

Official and Parliamentary Information team | Ministerial and Executive
Services

Ministry of Social Development

 

Our Purpose:
We help New Zealanders to help themselves to be safe, strong and
independent
Ko ta mātou he whakamana tangata kia tū haumaru, kia tū kaha, kia tū
motuhake

 

 

 

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