Planning and Funding
P O Box 1600,
Telephone: 0064 3 364 4193
CHRISTCHURCH
Fax: 0064 3 364 4165
[email address]
21 September 2020
Ms Moira Clunie
Email: [FYI request #13847 email];
Dear Ms Clunie
RE Official information request CDHB 10427
I am writing to acknowledge your email dated 20 September 2020 requesting the fol owing information under
the Official Information Act from Canterbury DHB. Specifically:
1. Any communications or documents about the provision of services and funding for the LGBTQIA+
community and transgender and gender diverse populations, and any services that aim to address health
inequities experienced by these communities
2. Any communications or documents about cutting or reducing funding towards services for the
LGBTQIA+ community and transgender and gender diverse populations, and any services that aim to
address health inequities experienced by these communities
3. Any communications or documents about cutting or reducing funding to the Canterbury Clinical
Network, or any services or programmes the CCN provides.
We wil consider your request against the provisions of the Official Information Act (see below) and advise you
of our decision regarding the release of information within 20 working days (being the statutory timeframe
provided within the Act.)
Accordingly, we will notify you, no later than 19 October 2020, of our decision.
Your request is being handled by Kathleen Smitheram. If you have any queries, please feel free to contact
either myself (details above) or Kathleen.
([email address]; Phone (03) 364-4134). Please
refer to the OIA number above when phoning or emailing.
If any additional factors come to light which are relevant to your request, please do not hesitate to contact us
so that these can be taken into account.
Yours sincerely
Ralph La Salle
Team Leader, Planning & Funding
15 Decisions on requests
(1) Subject to this Act, the department or Minister of the Crown or organisation to whom a request is made in accordance wit
h section 12
or is transferred in accordance wit
h section 14 of this Act or
section 12 of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act
1987 shal , as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any case not later than 20 working days after the day on which the request is received
by that department or Minister of the Crown or organisation,—
(1)(a) decide whether the request is to be granted and, if it is to be granted, in what manner and for what charge (if any); and
(1)(b) give or post to the person who made the request notice of the decision on the request
[If we are unable to make a decision on your request by the date noted above, we wil notify you of an extension of that timeframe.]
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