1 February 2023
45 Pipitea Street, Wel ington 6011
Phone +64 4 495 7200
dia.govt.nz
John Luke
fyi-request-19647-
[email address]
Tēnā koe John
Official Information Act request 2122-0833 - Request for information about crown funded
schemes
Thank you for your Official Information Act (Act) request received by the Department of Internal
Affairs (Department) on 13 June 2021. Please accept my apology for the delay in providing this
response.
You requested –
I noted on your website https://www.communitymatters.govt.nz/crown-funds/
Ministers of the Crown have overal responsibility for Crown funded schemes and report to
the Cabinet as appropriate. The Department of Internal Affairs receives an annual
appropriation for grants for each fund from the Crown. Each fund was established to
achieve specific Crown purposes and objectives.
Funds are distributed on the recommendations or decisions of independent panels,
steering groups or committees.
Community and Volunteering Capability Fund Community Led Development Programme
Community Internship Programme* Disarmament Education United Nations
Implementation Fund (DEUNIF) Racing Safety Development Fund Youth Worker Training
Scheme*
Can you please provide the name for current member of above Crown funded schemes
listed. Bio and term of appointment (expired date for each member) for each members of
each schemes if available. Also, member's pay rate and how did you call for public
expression of interest to these roles.
You mentioned " Funds are distributed on the recommendations or decisions of
independent panels, steering groups or committees." Can you please explain what do you
mean by that? Does each funds listed above have separate independent panels, steering
groups and committees?
I can advise that the three members are appointed by the racing codes and their terms of
appointment are determined by the racing codes. I can also advise the information you have
requested relating to the current members’ bios, term of appointment and any declarations of
conflict of interest is held by the racing codes, not the Department.
The portion of your request relating to members’ bios and terms of appointment must
therefore be refused pursuant to section 18(g)(i) of the Act. This section provides that the
information requested is not held by the Department and the person dealing with the request
has no grounds for believing that the information is held by another department (for itself and
for a departmental agency hosted by it or an interdepartmental executive board serviced by it)
or interdepartmental venture or Minister of the Crown or organisation, or by a local authority.
It is also important to reiterate that Funds are distributed on the recommendations or decisions
of independent panels, steering groups or committees. This means that funds either have an
independent panel, steering group or committee that makes the decisions around the allocation
of funding.
As this information may be of interest to other members of the public, the Department has
decided to proactively release a copy of this response on the DIA website. Al requestor data,
including your name and contact details, will be removed prior to release. The released
response will be made available here: https://www.dia.govt.nz/Official-Information-Act-
Requests-2.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
Ngā mihi
Julia Taylor
Manager Operational Policy and Official Correspondence
Service Delivery and Operations
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