Dear Mr Harris

 

Letter attached acknowledging your OIA request.  I have been unable to
determine why your email of 21 December 2012 was not actioned, and I
apologise for the delay in responding to your request.

 

Regards,

Kevin.

 

Kevin Hillock | Team Leader, Ministerial Services | The Treasury

   

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Dear Alex,
 
I am the analyst who has been assigned to complete your OIA request.
 
Since you made your request, some of the documents included in your
request are now available on the Treasury’s website, with more information
released, as per a request for:
“advice to the Minister of Finance in the 2011/12 fiscal year on:

* Coordinated Education and Welfare policies that support youth
achievement, such as the Youth Guarantee and Youth Services
* The retention, achievement and progression of students to higher
levels of study
* The Government’s policy agenda for schools, and
* The quality of teaching. “

At the following address:
[1]http://www.treasury.govt.nz/publications...
 

Item Date Document Description Note
 1.  15 Sep 2011 Email re: the schooling system Internal Treasury
email
 2.  16 Sep 2011 Aide Memoire: Priorities in the
schooling system
 3.  28 Sep 2011 Treasury Report: STR session on
Labour Market and Skills strategy
Email re: increasing use of the Internal Treasury
 4.  26 Oct 2011 private sector schooling email
 
Treasury Report: Treasury Views on
Competition/Contestability in the
 5.  04 Nov 2011 Provision of ACC, Education and
Health Services
 
 6.  04 Nov 2011 Treasury Report: Increasing the use
of the Private Sector in Schooling
Treasury Report: Implementing change
 7.  18 Dec 2011 in school: Key levers over the next
three years
 
Internal Treasury
document; not
The Context and Policy Parameters for advice to the
 8.  [Dec 2011] Charter Schools Minister of
  Finance. Early
draft version of
document 9.
The Context and Policy Parameters for Internal Treasury
 9.  [Dec 2011] Charter Schools v2 document; not
  advice to the
Minister of Finance
Charter school A4 for discussion with Internal Treasury
10.  [Dec 2011] Ministers of Finance and Education document; not
  advice to the
Minister of Finance
Treasury Report: Briefing for
11.  19 Dec 2011 bilateral with Minister of Education
21 December 2011
 
12.  3 Feb 2012 Aide Memoire: Agenda for meeting with
the Treasury
Treasury Report: Developing and
13.  6 Aug 2012 Implementing a New Zealand Model of
Charter School
 

 
Consequently, could you please let me know which of the documents you are
interested in seeing?
 
I note documents 8-10, and document 13 have no information redacted as
“not relevant to the request”.
 
As per earlier correspondence with the Treasury, I apologise for the delay
in responding to your request.
 
Cheers,
 
Sarah
 
Sarah Wood | Analyst | Education & Skills | The Treasury
Tel: +64 4 917 6123 | [email address]
   
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE
The information in this email is confidential to the Treasury, intended
only for the addressee(s), and may also be legally privileged. If you are
not an intended addressee:
a. please immediately delete this email and notify the Treasury by return
email or telephone (64 4 472 2733);
b. any use, dissemination or copying of this email is strictly prohibited
and may be unlawful.
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Harris [[2]mailto:[OIA #712 email]]
Sent: Friday, 21 December 2012 2:43 p.m.
To: InfoHelp
Subject: Official Information Act request - Briefing paper on
contestability
 
     Dear The Treasury,
 
     Today the treasury publicly released a number of documents on
     charter schools
    
([3]http://www.treasury.govt.nz/publications...).
     Many of these documents had large areas removed as not relevant to
     the request. However, from reading the surrounding material and the
     document titles, it looks like the contents could be quite
     interesting. I would therefore like to request the following
     information under the OIA:
 
     * Complete and unredacted copies of all the documents in the
     Charter Schools release.
 
     Obviously, I expect you to remove material under appropriate
     withholding grounds to protect privacy, free and frnak advice etc.
     But since I'm after complete copies of the documents, there
     shouldn't be anything marked as "not relevant to request".
 
     I would prefer to receive an electronic response. Queries about
     this request will be automatically forwarded to me by the
     fyi.org.nz website.
 
     With regards to s12 of the OIA, I am an NZ citizen and in NZ.
 
     Yours faithfully,
 
     Alex Harris
 
     -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
     [4][OIA #712 email]
 
     Is [5][The Treasury request email] the wrong address for Official
     Information Act requests to The Treasury? If so, please contact us
     using this form:
     [6]http://fyi.org.nz/help/contact
 
     Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be
     published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
     [7]http://fyi.org.nz/help/officers
 
     If you find this service useful as an OIA officer, please ask your
     web manager to link to us from your organisation's FOI page.
 
 
     -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 

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Hi Alex,
 
Can you confirm you received my last email?
 
Cheers,
 
Sarah
 
Sarah Wood | Analyst | Education & Skills | The Treasury
Tel: +64 4 917 6123 | [email address]
   
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE
The information in this email is confidential to the Treasury, intended
only for the addressee(s), and may also be legally privileged. If you are
not an intended addressee:
a. please immediately delete this email and notify the Treasury by return
email or telephone (64 4 472 2733);
b. any use, dissemination or copying of this email is strictly prohibited
and may be unlawful.
 
 
_____________________________________________
From: Sarah Wood
Sent: Monday, 25 February 2013 11:57 a.m.
To: 'Alex Harris'
Subject: RE: Official Information Act request - Briefing paper on
contestability
 
 
Dear Alex,
 
I am the analyst who has been assigned to complete your OIA request.
 
Since you made your request, some of the documents included in your
request are now available on the Treasury’s website, with more information
released, as per a request for:
“advice to the Minister of Finance in the 2011/12 fiscal year on:

* Coordinated Education and Welfare policies that support youth
achievement, such as the Youth Guarantee and Youth Services
* The retention, achievement and progression of students to higher
levels of study
* The Government’s policy agenda for schools, and
* The quality of teaching. “

At the following address:
[1]http://www.treasury.govt.nz/publications...
 

Item Date Document Description Note
 1.  15 Sep 2011 Email re: the schooling system Internal Treasury
email
 2.  16 Sep 2011 Aide Memoire: Priorities in the
schooling system
 3.  28 Sep 2011 Treasury Report: STR session on
Labour Market and Skills strategy
Email re: increasing use of the Internal Treasury
 4.  26 Oct 2011 private sector schooling email
 
Treasury Report: Treasury Views on
Competition/Contestability in the
 5.  04 Nov 2011 Provision of ACC, Education and
Health Services
 
 6.  04 Nov 2011 Treasury Report: Increasing the use
of the Private Sector in Schooling
Treasury Report: Implementing change
 7.  18 Dec 2011 in school: Key levers over the next
three years
 
Internal Treasury
document; not
The Context and Policy Parameters for advice to the
 8.  [Dec 2011] Charter Schools Minister of
  Finance. Early
draft version of
document 9.
The Context and Policy Parameters for Internal Treasury
 9.  [Dec 2011] Charter Schools v2 document; not
  advice to the
Minister of Finance
Charter school A4 for discussion with Internal Treasury
10.  [Dec 2011] Ministers of Finance and Education document; not
  advice to the
Minister of Finance
Treasury Report: Briefing for
11.  19 Dec 2011 bilateral with Minister of Education
21 December 2011
 
12.  3 Feb 2012 Aide Memoire: Agenda for meeting with
the Treasury
Treasury Report: Developing and
13.  6 Aug 2012 Implementing a New Zealand Model of
Charter School
 

 
Consequently, could you please let me know which of the documents you are
interested in seeing?
 
I note documents 8-10, and document 13 have no information redacted as
“not relevant to the request”.
 
As per earlier correspondence with the Treasury, I apologise for the delay
in responding to your request.
 
Cheers,
 
Sarah
 
Sarah Wood | Analyst | Education & Skills | The Treasury
Tel: +64 4 917 6123 | [2][email address]
   
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE
The information in this email is confidential to the Treasury, intended
only for the addressee(s), and may also be legally privileged. If you are
not an intended addressee:
a. please immediately delete this email and notify the Treasury by return
email or telephone (64 4 472 2733);
b. any use, dissemination or copying of this email is strictly prohibited
and may be unlawful.
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Harris [[3]mailto:[OIA #712 email]]
Sent: Friday, 21 December 2012 2:43 p.m.
To: InfoHelp
Subject: Official Information Act request - Briefing paper on
contestability
 
     Dear The Treasury,
 
     Today the treasury publicly released a number of documents on
     charter schools
    
([4]http://www.treasury.govt.nz/publications...).
     Many of these documents had large areas removed as not relevant to
     the request. However, from reading the surrounding material and the
     document titles, it looks like the contents could be quite
     interesting. I would therefore like to request the following
     information under the OIA:
 
     * Complete and unredacted copies of all the documents in the
     Charter Schools release.
 
     Obviously, I expect you to remove material under appropriate
     withholding grounds to protect privacy, free and frnak advice etc.
     But since I'm after complete copies of the documents, there
     shouldn't be anything marked as "not relevant to request".
 
     I would prefer to receive an electronic response. Queries about
     this request will be automatically forwarded to me by the
     fyi.org.nz website.
 
     With regards to s12 of the OIA, I am an NZ citizen and in NZ.
 
     Yours faithfully,
 
     Alex Harris
 
     -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
     [5][OIA #712 email]
 
     Is [6][The Treasury request email] the wrong address for Official
     Information Act requests to The Treasury? If so, please contact us
     using this form:
     [7]http://fyi.org.nz/help/contact
 
     Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be
     published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
     [8]http://fyi.org.nz/help/officers
 
     If you find this service useful as an OIA officer, please ask your
     web manager to link to us from your organisation's FOI page.
 
 
     -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 

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4. http://www.treasury.govt.nz/publications...
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6. mailto:[The Treasury request email]
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Dear Alex

 

Please find attached letter regarding your request under the Official
Information Act.

 

Can you please provide an address so that we can send through your
information being released.

 

Regards

Michaela

 

Michaela Webster | Ministerial Coordinator | The Treasury

   

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only for the addressee(s), and may also be legally privileged. If you are
not an intended addressee:

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email or telephone (64 4 472 2733);

b. any use, dissemination or copying of this email is strictly prohibited
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