22 October 2014
Joshua Grainger
[FYI request #2110 email]
Dear Joshua Grainger
On behalf of Gabriel Makhlouf, Secretary to the Treasury, I acknowledge receipt of
your letter:
“ Before the 2011 election, a number of papers related to the Mixed-Ownership
Model were withheld by Treasury upon receipt of an OIA request from the Green
and Labour research units. This withholding was judged to be justified by the
Ombudsman because of the early stage at which the programme was at and the
apparent broadness of the advice. Now that the asset sales programme has been
completed, this justification for withholding would no longer apply with such
strength.
Due to this I would like to request under the Official Information Act the
documents that were the subject of the complaints to the Ombudsman. This
includes:
* Treasury reports T2011/1710, T2011/1884 and T2011/1578
* the Treasury aide memoire Additional advice on potential share allocations
* the two discussion papers on allocation policy prepared by the Crown’s financial
advisors Deutsche Bank / Craigs Investment Partners.
* the small number of emails between Treasury and MFAT officials regarding the
drafting of advice to Ministers (namely, Treasury Report T2011/110: Mixed
Ownership Model – Foreign Ownership Restrictions), and a copy of the draft
advice with comments and suggested changes tracked.”
Your request was received by the Treasury on 20 October 2014 and will be dealt with
in accordance with the provisions of the Official Information Act.
Yours sincerely
S Charles
Sherida Charles
Ministerial Coordinator