Number of Children with disabilities statistics
Katrina Bevan made this Official Information request to Ministry of Health
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      From: Katrina Bevan
      
    
    Dear Ministry of Health,
Can i please have statistics data for:
1. Number of children under 15 years identified with disability 2008-2018.
2. The type of disability of number of children in point 5.
3. The ethnicity of children under 15years identified with disability 2008-2018.
4. Number of Maaori children with identified disability per region 2008-2018.
5. Number of Maaori children with identified disability per Iwi affiliation 2008-2018.
Yours faithfully,
Katrina Bevan
        Ministry of Health
      
    
    Dear Katrina
Thank you for your request for official information, received by the
 Ministry of Health on 29 July 2018. The Ministry's reference number for
 your request is: H201805094
If you need to contact us at any stage about your request, please quote
 this reference number in your correspondence.
You requested:
Please have statistics data for:
 1. Number of children under 15 years identified with disability 2008-2018.
 2. The type of disability of number of children in point 5.
 3. The ethnicity of children under 15 years identified with disability
 2008-2018.
 4. Number of Maori children with identified disability per region
 2008-2018.
 5. Number of Maori children with identified disability per Iwi affiliation
 2008-2018.
Your request has been logged and you can expect a reply no later than 17
 August 2018 as required under the Official Information Act 1982.
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Yours sincerely,
 Maria Perez
 Ministerial Support Services
 [Ministry of Health request email]
 Ministerial Services  l  Government Services  l  Office of the Director
 General
[1]http://www.health.govt.nz
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        Ministry of Health
      
    
    Dear Katrina Bevan,
Please find attached a letter regarding your request for official
 information.
Kind regards,
Ministerial Services (OIA)
 [Ministry of Health request email]  
Government Services
 Office of the Director-General
 Ministry of Health
 [1]www.health.govt.nz
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      From: Katrina Bevan
      
    
    Dear Ministry of Health,
Thankyou for your consideration and response to the OIA request. In particular, thankyou for highlighting some of the statistics in the links you provided.
Yours faithfully,
Katrina Bevan
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