Susan Bates
[FYI request #10236 email]
Dear Susan
Thank you for your email to the Ministry of Education on 2 May 2019 requesting the following
information:
Are you able to tell me how many complaints have been lodged with the Ministry about
Discoveries centres (there are 11 of them at least) each year from 2012 to 2018?
The Ministry needs to extend the timeframe of our response to your request by 10 working
days, pursuant to section 15A(1)(b) of the Act, as consultations necessary to make a decision
on the request are such that a proper response to the request cannot reasonably be made
within the original time limit.
For this reason, you can expect to receive a response to your request by 13 June 2019. We
wil try to respond sooner than this date if possible.
If you no longer require this information please let us know as soon as possible.
Please be advised that should you have any concerns regarding this extension you have the
right to ask an Ombudsman to investigate our decision to extend the timeframe. You can do
this by writing to
[email address] or Office of the Ombudsman, PO Box
10152, Wellington 6143.
If you want to discuss this further you can contact me by email at:
[email address].
Yours sincerely
Lorraine Monahan
Manager Official & Parliamentary Information
Government, Executive and Ministerial Services
OIA: 1188799
National Of ice, MÄtauranga House, 33 Bowen Street, Wellington 6011
PO Box 1666, Wel ington 6140. Phone: +64 4 463 8000 Fax: +64 4 463 8001
education.govt.nz