3 May 2023
Shane Gibson
[FYI request #22602 email]
Ref: OIA-2022/23-0859
Dear Shane Gibson
Official Information Act request relating to an extract of the annual amount spent with
suppliers for the 2021/2022 financial year
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request received on 28 April 2023.
You requested:
“I would like an extract of the annual amount spent with all suppliers for the 2021/2022
financial year.
I would like this data in an open format, csv or json formats would be suitable.
I would like the following details provided:
- Supplier Name
- Suppliers NZBN number (if available)
- Total Amount Spent
I believe this information would be readily available via an extract from your Accounts
Payable system.
I have already received similar data from a number of Government organisations,
which implies this information can be treated as open data.”
The information you have requested does not currently exist in the format you have
requested. Providing this information to you in the format you have requested would require
substantial collation. Accordingly, I am refusing your request under section 18(f) of the Act,
as the information requested cannot be made available without substantial collation.
While I am refusing your request, I wish to inform you of information already publicly
available that may be of interest to you. As part of the Annual Review process, the
Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) publishes the amount spent for all
contractors and consultants. The 2021/22 Annual Review appendices including the
contractor and consultant spend is available on the Parliament website here:
https://www.parliament.nz/resource/en-
NZ/53SCGA_EVI_130099_GA22138/c14413750a85e63e1f8f128ae2f3eae18707e58a. If you are interested in DPMC’s responses to the pre-hearing questions as part of the
2021/22 Annual Review, these are published on the Parliament website here:
https://www.parliament.nz/resource/en-
NZ/53SCGA_EVI_130099_GA22137/e909be024494c6461962451c69994aae12965c9b
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Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington, New Zealand 6011
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You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review my decision under
section 28(3) of the Act.
We do not intend to publish this response on the Department of the Prime Minister and
Cabinet’s website.
Yours sincerely
Chris Gianos
Head of Operations and Risk
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