14 October 2019
Jack Thompson
[FYI request #11241 email]
Dear Jack
Thank you for your email of 16 September 2019 to the Ministry of Education requesting the
following information:
1. Al information regarding what the Ministry of Education is doing to make schools more
inclusive for rainbow (LGBTQI+) students.
2. All information regarding what the Ministry of Education is doing to make schools more
safe for rainbow (LGBTQI+) students.
3a. Al information regarding how the Ministry of Education ensures Rainbow students
(LGBTQI+) are safe at school.
3b. And What are these things?
Your request has been considered under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act).
The Ministry needs to extend the timeframe of our response to your request, 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 28 October
2019. I expect that we wil be able to respond to you before this date.
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.
Yours sincerely
Lorraine Monahan
Manager
Government, Executive and Ministerial Services
OIA: 1205941
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