Information relating to emergency housing in Wellington
Lance O'Riley made this Official Information request to Ministry of Social Development
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From: Lance O'Riley
Dear Ministry of Social Development,
I would like to request the following information.
Please provide the numbers of people who have been placed in emergency housing in the wider Wellington City area since 2010. Please ensure that the information requested includes the following and is broken down by month starting January 2010.
(1) New people placed into emergency housing
- Total numbers of new people placed in emergency housing during that month
- Numbers of new people placed in emergency housing broken down by race/gender
- Average number of violence related convictions that new people placed in emergency housing have. (You can refer this part to appropriate departments as required)
(2) Total number of people placed into emergency housing
- Total numbers of people placed in emergency housing during that month
- Numbers of people placed in emergency housing broken down by race/gender
- Average number of violence related convictions that people placed in emergency housing have. (You can refer this part to appropriate departments as required)
(3) Length of stay in emergency housing
- Average length of stay in emergency housing
- Number of people who stay in emergency housing for a period greater than the intended 12 weeks, please provide this in total figures and broken down by race/gender.
- Number of people who stay in emergency housing for a period greater than six months, please provide this in total figures and broken down by race/gender.
- Number of people who stay in emergency housing for a period greater than twelve months, please provide this in total figures and broken down by race/gender.
(4) Conduct of those in emergency housing
- Of those in emergency housing, how many are given warnings related to anti-social or illegal behaviour during their stay.
- Of those given warnings, how many warnings have they received on average.
- Of those in emergency housing, how many have their stay terminated due to anti-social or illegal behaviour.
- Of all complaints received, how many relate to the following.
----- Drug use (excluding supply)
----- Drug supply
----- Alcohol consumption
----- Violent behaviour (excluding intimidation)
----- Intimidating behaviour
----- Other illegal behaviour
- Of these figures, how many resulted in police referrals.
Additionally, please provide the number of people in formal emergency transitional housing and those in emergency accommodation such as hotels as separate figures.
Finally, if possible, please provide all information broken down by suburb. For the avoidance of doubt and for the purposes of this request, Wellington City includes the areas around Wellington Central including Wellington Central, Mt Cook, Newtown, Te Aro, Pipitea, Thorndon.
Please provide the entirety of this information in a table format so that data is easy to read and understand. Previously released image based PDF files are insufficient to meet the needs of the request as their information is general in nature.
Yours faithfully,
Lance O'Riley
From: OIA_Requests (MSD)
Ministry of Social Development
Tçnâ koe Lance O’Riley
Thank you for your email received 23 March 2021, under the Official
Information Act 1982. Your request has been forwarded to the appropriate
officials at National Office to respond. You can expect a decision as soon
as reasonably practicable, and in any case not later than 20 working days
after the day on which the request was received.
Nâ mâtou noa, nâ
Official and Parliamentary Information team | Ministerial and
Executive Services
Ministry of Social Development
Our Purpose:
We help New Zealanders to help themselves to be safe, strong and
independent
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motuhake
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From: Jess Watson
Ministry of Social Development
Tçnâ koe Lance O’Riley,
On 23 March 2021, you emailed the Ministry of Social Development (the
Ministry) requesting, under the Official Information Act (the Act),
information on Emergency Housing in the wider Wellington City area since
2010.
This email is to let you know that some of the information you have
requested can not be identified.
Emergency Housing Special Needs Grants has not been in place since 2010,
this came into effect in 2016. The Ministry will not be able to provide
you any information that would be held on individual case files. This
inclues violence history, incidents, police referrals, complaints etc.).
Lastly, the Ministry can not provide you with the data broken down into
suburbs, as this is not standard reporting for the Ministry.
The Ministry encourages you to refine your request to one that can be
answered by the Ministry. If you do not refine your request, the Ministry
will proceed with your original request. Please note that this is likely
to result in a partial refusal of your original request.
Please note that once you have amended or clarified your request, under
section 15(1AA) of the Official Information Act, the Ministry may treat
your amended or clarified request as a new request that replaces the
original request. This may lead to a new start of the statutory response
period.
Yours sincerely
Official and Parliamentary Information team | Ministerial and Executive
Services
Ministry of Social Development
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are not the intended recipient, any use, dissemination, distribution or
duplication of this email and attachments is prohibited. If you have
received this email in error please notify the author immediately and
erase all copies of the email and attachments. The Ministry of Social
Development accepts no responsibility for changes made to this message or
attachments after transmission from the Ministry.
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Tçnâ koe Lance O’Riley,
On 23 March 2021, you emailed the Ministry of Social Development (the
Ministry) requesting, under the Official Information Act (the Act),
information on Emergency Housing in the wider Wellington City area since
2010.
On 26 March 2021, the Ministry contacted you about clarifying your request
as some of the information you have requested could not be identified.
The Ministry encourages you to refine your request to one that can be
answered by the Ministry. If you do not refine your request by 6 April
2021, the Ministry will proceed with your original request. Please note
that this is likely to result in a partial refusal of your original
request.
Please note that once you have amended or clarified your request, under
section 15(1AA) of the Official Information Act, the Ministry may treat
your amended or clarified request as a new request that replaces the
original request. This may lead to a new start of the statutory response
period.
Yours sincerely
Official and Parliamentary Information team | Ministerial and Executive
Services
Ministry of Social Development
From: Jess Watson
Sent: Friday, 26 March 2021 12:16 PM
To: [FYI request #14984 email]
Subject: 20210326 OIA Clarification O'RILEY
Tçnâ koe Lance O’Riley,
On 23 March 2021, you emailed the Ministry of Social Development (the
Ministry) requesting, under the Official Information Act (the Act),
information on Emergency Housing in the wider Wellington City area since
2010.
This email is to let you know that some of the information you have
requested can not be identified.
Emergency Housing Special Needs Grants has not been in place since 2010,
this came into effect in 2016. The Ministry will not be able to provide
you any information that would be held on individual case files. This
inclues violence history, incidents, police referrals, complaints etc.).
Lastly, the Ministry can not provide you with the data broken down into
suburbs, as this is not standard reporting for the Ministry.
The Ministry encourages you to refine your request to one that can be
answered by the Ministry. If you do not refine your request, the Ministry
will proceed with your original request. Please note that this is likely
to result in a partial refusal of your original request.
Please note that once you have amended or clarified your request, under
section 15(1AA) of the Official Information Act, the Ministry may treat
your amended or clarified request as a new request that replaces the
original request. This may lead to a new start of the statutory response
period.
Yours sincerely
Official and Parliamentary Information team | Ministerial and Executive
Services
Ministry of Social Development
------------------------------- This email and any attachments may contain
information that is confidential and subject to legal privilege. If you
are not the intended recipient, any use, dissemination, distribution or
duplication of this email and attachments is prohibited. If you have
received this email in error please notify the author immediately and
erase all copies of the email and attachments. The Ministry of Social
Development accepts no responsibility for changes made to this message or
attachments after transmission from the Ministry.
-------------------------------
From: OIA_Requests (MSD)
Ministry of Social Development
Tçnâ koe Lance O’Riley
Please find attached the Ministry’s response to your Official Information
Act request.
Nâ mâtou noa, nâ
Official and Parliamentary Information team | Ministerial and
Executive Services
Ministry of Social Development
Our Purpose:
We help New Zealanders to be safe, strong and independent.
Manaaki Tangata, Manaaki Whânau.
------------------------------- This email and any attachments may contain
information that is confidential and subject to legal privilege. If you
are not the intended recipient, any use, dissemination, distribution or
duplication of this email and attachments is prohibited. If you have
received this email in error please notify the author immediately and
erase all copies of the email and attachments. The Ministry of Social
Development accepts no responsibility for changes made to this message or
attachments after transmission from the Ministry.
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From: OIA_Requests (MSD)
Ministry of Social Development
Tçnâ koe Lance O’Riley
In order to be helpful, the Ministry has also provided you with the data
set in an Excel spreadsheet.
Nâ mâtou noa, nâ
Official and Parliamentary Information team | Ministerial and
Executive Services
Ministry of Social Development
Our Purpose:
We help New Zealanders to be safe, strong and independent.
Manaaki Tangata, Manaaki Whânau.
From: OIA_Requests (MSD) <[MSD request email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 21 April 2021 2:02 PM
To: [FOI #14984 email]
Subject: 20210421 OIA Response O'RILEY
Tçnâ koe Lance O’Riley
Please find attached the Ministry’s response to your Official Information
Act request.
Nâ mâtou noa, nâ
Official and Parliamentary Information team | Ministerial and
Executive Services
Ministry of Social Development
Our Purpose:
We help New Zealanders to be safe, strong and independent.
Manaaki Tangata, Manaaki Whânau.
------------------------------- This email and any attachments may contain
information that is confidential and subject to legal privilege. If you
are not the intended recipient, any use, dissemination, distribution or
duplication of this email and attachments is prohibited. If you have
received this email in error please notify the author immediately and
erase all copies of the email and attachments. The Ministry of Social
Development accepts no responsibility for changes made to this message or
attachments after transmission from the Ministry.
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