When replying please quote: 8855933
12 October 2022
Peter Hardgrave
[email address]
Dear Mr Hardgrave
LGOIMA RESPONSE - MEMBERSHIP AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
Please find below New Plymouth District Council’s response to your LGOIMA
response of 30 September 2022.
1. I request a current list of all NPDC local government staff who hold
membership with any Freemason/Masonic Lodge or society.
New Plymouth District Council does not hold this information.
(a) Please provide copies of the NPDC ‘conflict of interest
questionnaire’ (Declaration of interests) for the past 9 years.
A copy of the conflict of interest form (for those involved in contracting
matters) is attached.
(b) NPDC register of interests, registers should be located within
each council’s governance statement. Making these registers
public contribute to public confidence and to the
accountability of the member and the local authority. The
primary reasons for creating such registers is to strengthen
public confidence in public bodies like local government.
Please confirm by year (for the past 9 years) how many
members of NPDC have not filed or completed this
requirement (by numbers and department).
New Plymouth District Council has no record of conflicts of interest not
being advised.