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Dear Mitchell Palmer

Thank you for your request for information below. The Ministry will consider and respond to your request in accordance with the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act).

The Act allows up to 20 working days for a response, making 14 February 2019 the latest date for our response to you. If more than 20 working days are needed due to the potential workload involved in answering your request, we will notify you accordingly.

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In the interim, if you have any questions about your request, please email [email address].

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From: Mitchell Palmer [mailto:[FOI #9410 email]]
Sent: Wednesday, 16 January 2019 12:14 p.m.
To: Enquiries National <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Advice on Fees Free relating to the Distortion of Capital Investment

Dear Ministry of Education,

I write to request, under the Official Information Act, the following information from the Ministry:
- Any documents, including memoranda, reports, notes, and official advice, detailing the effects of subsidies on tertiary education on distorting decisions between investments in physical and human capital investments developed in the last 5 years
- Any advice given to Ministers or senior officials on the possible impacts of the Government's Fees Free policy on such distortions
- Any documents, including memoranda, reports, notes, and official advice, which consider the points raised by the 1994 Ministerial Consultative Group on tertiary funding in relation to tertiary education subsidies in the last 5 years

Thank you in advance for your prompt assistance in this matter.

Yours faithfully,

Mitchell Palmer

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Dear Mr Palmer

 

Thank you for your email of 16 January 2019 requesting the following
information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):

 

“I write to request, under the Official Information Act, the following
information from the Ministry:

 

- Any documents, including memoranda, reports, notes, and official advice,
detailing the effects of subsidies on tertiary education on distorting
decisions between investments in physical and human capital investments
developed in the last 5 years

- Any advice given to Ministers or senior officials on the possible
impacts of the Government's Fees Free policy on such distortions

- Any documents, including memoranda, reports, notes, and official advice,
which consider the points raised by the 1994 Ministerial Consultative
Group on tertiary funding in relation to tertiary education subsidies in
the last 5 years.”

 

The Act (section 12(2)) provides that the “official information requested
shall be specified with due particularity in the request”. This means an
agency must be able to identify the requested information – to know what
is being asked for. A request will not be treated as being made until the
requested information has been specified with due particularity. As it now
stands, your request is very broadly worded and it will be very difficult
for the Ministry to respond to your request. 

 

We suggest you contact the Ministry’s Chief Policy Analyst, John
MacCormick, at [1][email address] who will assist you
with your inquiry.   

 

Kind regards

 

 

Enquiries National Team | Ministry of Education | IB

33 Bowen Street, Wellington

 

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Dear Mr Palmer

 

We refer to the Ministry’s email of 25 January 2019 relating to your
request of 16 January 2019 for information under the Official Information
Act 1982.

 

We suggested you contact the Ministry’s Chief Policy Analyst, John
MacCormick, at [1][email address] to assist you with
your inquiry.

 

To date, Mr MacCormick has not been contacted by you.  

 

If you do not contact the Ministry by 14 February 2019 we will be required
to make a decision on your request of 16 January 2019.   

 

Kind regards

 

Chris McIntyre | Senior Advisor | Government, Executive and Ministerial
Services
DDI +64 4 463 7555
33 Bowen Street, Wellington
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Dear Mr Palmer

 

Thank you for your email of 16 January 2019 to the Ministry of Education
requesting the following information:

 

“I write to request, under the Official Information Act, the following
information from the Ministry:

 

- Any documents, including memoranda, reports, notes, and official advice,
detailing the effects of subsidies on tertiary education on distorting
decisions between investments in physical and human capital investments
developed in the last 5 years

- Any advice given to Ministers or senior officials on the possible
impacts of the Government's Fees Free policy on such distortions

- Any documents, including memoranda, reports, notes, and official advice,
which consider the points raised by the 1994 Ministerial Consultative
Group on tertiary funding in relation to tertiary education subsidies in
the last 5 years.”

 

Your request is being considered under the Official Information Act 1982
(the Act).

 

As we advised you on 25 January 2019, section 12(2) of the Act provides
that “The official information requested shall be specified with due
particularity in the request”. This means an agency must be able to
identify the requested information – to know what is being asked for. A
request will not be treated as being made until the requested information
has been specified with due particularity. As it now stands, your request
is very broadly worded and the Ministry is not able to make a decision on
your request under the Act.

 

We again suggest you contact the Ministry’s Chief Policy Analyst, John
MacCormick, at [1][email address] to assist you with
your inquiry.

 

You have the right to ask an Ombudsman to review our response to your
request. You can do this by writing to [2][email address] or
Office of the Ombudsman, PO Box 10152, Wellington 6143.

 

Kind regards

 

Enquiries National Team | Ministry of Education | TW
33 Bowen St, Wellington

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We back ourselves and others to win  Ka manawanui ki a mâtou, me çtahi ake
kia wikitoria
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tonu

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mutunga

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