Inland Revenue
Te Tari Taake
20  February 2019
Jessica  Lim
fyi-request-9380-e7fb9ab0@requests. fyi .org. nz
Dear  Ms  Lim
On 24  January 2019,  under  the Official  Information  Act  1982  (the OIA),  Inland  Revenue
received a partial transfer from the Department of  Corrections of the below request.
How many people have been arrested for defaulting on unpaid fines,  debt
defaults,  (divided by regular debt defaults and student loans defaults.)
How many people have been incarcerated for defaulting on unpaid fines,  debt
defaults,  (divided  by regular debt defaults and student loans defaults.)
Please provide  information as far back as records permit.
Inland Revenue will only be addressing the request for information regarding student loan
defaults.
Information being released
Please  see  Appendix  1  for  the  information  you  have  requested.  Inland  Revenue  have
provided  data  relating  to  arrest  warrants filed  and  executed  for  student  loan  defaulters,
as well as  those  filed  and executed for  child  support defaulters  as these were deemed  to
be within the scope of  your request.
It  should  be  noted  that  Inland  Revenue  does  not  execute  warrants  for  any  other  debt
defaults outside of student loans and child support.
Thank you for your request.  I trust that the information provided is of assistance to  you.
Yours sincerely
Raquel Greive
Group  Lead,  Legal Services
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Ref:  190IA153
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