21 October 2022
John Luke
[FYI request #20632 email]
Tēnā koe John Luke,
On 22 September 2022, you emailed the Ministry of Social Development (the
Ministry) requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the
following information:
•
The number of applications you have received and number of people
you have shortlisted and interviewed. Also are there any you have
received from any other nomination government agencies e.g. TPK
The information you have requested relates to the Ministry’s appointments for
Members of three Crown Entities and Statutory Tribunals. These are:
Crown Entities
Office of the Children’s Commissioner (OCC)
Social Workers Registration Board (SWRB)
Peke Waihanga – New Zealand Artificial Limb Service (NZALS)
Statutory Tribunals
Social Security Appeal Authority (SSAA)
Student Allowance Appeal Authority (SAAA)
Social Workers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal (SWCDT)
Please see enclosed
Table One in
Appendix A, which contains the number of
applications received, number of people shortlisted/interviewed and number of
nominations from other agencies, per available position for Ministry Crown
Entity and Statutory Tribunal appointments made in 2021 to date. No relevant
information is held for NZALS or SAAA for that time period.
The principles and purposes of the Official Information Act 1982 under which
you made your request are:
• to create greater openness and transparency about the plans, work and
activities of the Government,
• to increase the ability of the public to participate in the making and
administration of our laws and policies and
• to lead to greater accountability in the conduct of public affairs.
This Ministry fully supports those principles and purposes. The Ministry
therefore intends to make the information contained in this letter available to
the wider public. The Ministry will do this by publishing this letter on the
Ministry’s website. Your personal details will be deleted, and the Ministry will
not publish any information that would identify you as the person who
requested the information.
If you wish to discuss this response with us, please feel free to contact
[MSD request email].
If you are not satisfied with this response, you have the right to seek an
investigation and review by the Ombudsman. Information about how to make
a complaint is available
at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or 0800 802 602.
Ngā mihi nui
PP.
Claire Janes
Manager Budget and Crown Entities
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Appendix A
Table One: The number of applications received, number of people
shortlisted/interviewed and number of nominations from other
agencies, per available position for Ministry Crown Entity and
Statutory Tribunal appointments made in 2021 to date.
Crown Entity
Position to
Number of
Number of Nominations from
be filled
applications
people
other agencies
received
shortlisted/
interviewed
Social Security
Member
29
8
1 from Ministry for
Appeal Authority
Ethnic Communities
Social Workers
Chair and
13
3
1 from Ministry for
Complaints and
Deputy Chair
Pacific Peoples
Disciplinary Tribunal
Social Workers
Member
7
3
Nil
Registration Board
Office of the
Children’s
18
6
2 from Labour
Children’s
Commissioner
Caucus
Commissioner
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