Information and analysis relating to the draft speed rule 2024
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From: C Robertson
Dear Minister Brown,
In this interview from 8 July 2024 (https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/521...), you refer to a cost-benefit analysis relating to the government's approach in the draft Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2024. Under the OIA, I request all information relating to this cost-benefit analysis.
In the same interview, you refer to safety measures. I also request all information relating to any safety analysis undertaken relating to the proposed Rule, such as modelling of the expected change in deaths and serious injuries (DSI), or analysis of historical DSI data.
I also request information on the drafting process of the Rule, in particular when drafting commenced; which organisations, bodies or offices were involved in the drafting of the proposed Rule, and at what stage; and a list of documents referred to in the drafting process.
I am a New Zealand citizen and currently resident in New Zealand.
Yours sincerely,
C Robertson
From: Simeon Brown (MIN)
Simeon Brown
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Office of Hon Simeon Brown MP
Minister of Transport, Minister of Local Government, Minister for Energy,
Minister for Auckland
Email: [Simeon Brown request email]
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From: Simeon Brown (MIN)
Simeon Brown
Good afternoon,
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request, received on 11/07/2024, in which you requested the following information:
In this interview from 8 July 2024 (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.... ), you refer to a cost-benefit analysis relating to the government's approach in the draft Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2024. Under the OIA, I request all information relating to this cost-benefit analysis.
In the same interview, you refer to safety measures. I also request all information relating to any safety analysis undertaken relating to the proposed Rule, such as modelling of the expected change in deaths and serious injuries (DSI), or analysis of historical DSI data.
I also request information on the drafting process of the Rule, in particular when drafting commenced; which organisations, bodies or offices were involved in the drafting of the proposed Rule, and at what stage; and a list of documents referred to in the drafting process.
Your request will be answered within the provisions of the Official Information Act.
Kind regards,
Noemi Leinfellner
Private Secretary (Administration) | Office of Hon Simeon Brown
Minister of Transport, Minister of Local Government, Minister for Energy, Minister for Auckland
Reception: 04 817 6804
Email: [email address] Website: www.beehive.govt.nz
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand
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Please note information about meetings related to the Ministers' portfolios will be proactively released (this does not include personal or constituency matters). For each meeting in scope, the summary would list: date, time (start and finish), brief description, location, who the meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with the Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the organisation will be released. If you are a senior staff member at an organisation, or meet with the Minister in your personal capacity, your name may also be released. The location of the meeting will be released, unless it is a private residence. The proactive release will be consistent with the provisions in the Official Information Act, including privacy considerations. Under the Privacy Act 1993 you have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you'd like to ask for a copy of your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the release of your information in the meeting disclosure, please contact the sender. You can read more about the proactive release policy at https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...
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From: Simeon Brown (MIN)
Simeon Brown
Dear C Robertson,
Please see attached a response to your Official Information Act request.
Kind regards,
Office of Hon Simeon Brown
Minister of Transport, Minister of Local Government, Minister for Energy, Minister for Auckland
Email: [email address] Website: www.Beehive,govt.nz
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand
Disclaimer: The information in this email (including attachments) is confidential and may be legally privileged. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this email, please notify the author by replying to this email and destroy the message. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure, copying or distribution is prohibited and may be unlawful.
Please note information about meetings related to the Ministers' portfolios will be proactively released (this does not include personal or constituency matters). For each meeting in scope, the summary would list: date, time (start and finish), brief description, location, who the meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with the Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the organisation will be released. If you are a senior staff member at an organisation, or meet with the Minister in your personal capacity, your name may also be released. The location of the meeting will be released, unless it is a private residence. The proactive release will be consistent with the provisions in the Official Information Act, including privacy considerations. Under the Privacy Act 1993 you have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you'd like to ask for a copy of your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the release of your information in the meeting disclosure, please contact the sender. You can read more about the proactive release policy at https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...
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From: C Robertson
Tēnā koe Minister,
Thank you for replying to my recent OIA request (OIA24 298).
Relating to my request for economic analysis, you refer me to the publicly available RIS, which I have read. To be clear, does the RIS reflect the entirety of the cost-benefit analysis referred to in the interview of 8 July 2024? In particular, I am interested in any analysis undertaken of detailed or quantified costs and benefits, and/or based on established CBA methodology. If the RIS draws on such an analysis, I am requesting that analysis, including information about the methodology.
Secondly, I reiterate my request for 'any safety analysis undertaken relating to the proposed Rule, such as modelling of the expected change in deaths and serious injuries (DSI), or analysis of historical DSI data', which your reply does not address.
Thirdly, I note that some elements of the drafting process are subject to legal privilege. I also requested a list of documents referred to in the drafting process and reiterate my request for that list, to the extent that it is not covered by legal privilege. I do not believe that studies and analyses referred to in order to provide an evidentiary basis for policy are subject as a category to legal privilege, so I request a list of documents referred to in order to establish an evidentiary basis for the draft rule.
Ngā mihi,
C Robertson
From: Simeon Brown (MIN)
Simeon Brown
Thank you for contacting Hon Simeon Brown MP, Minister of Transport,
Minister of Local Government, Minister for Energy and Minister for
Auckland.
Hon Simeon Brown considers all correspondence important and appreciates
you taking the time to write. As the Minister receives a large amount of
correspondence, it is not always possible to personally reply to all
emails.
* If your correspondence is related to a constituent matter, please get in
touch with the Minister’s electorate team by email:
[email address] or by calling one of his team on 09
572-0000
* If your correspondence is diary related, requests will be processed
accordingly and we will be back in contact with you
* If your correspondence requires a response, you can expect a response in
due course
* If your correspondence relates to another Minister's portfolio, your
correspondence will be transferred to the appropriate Minister
* If your correspondence expresses an opinion, it will be noted
* If you have made a request for official information, this will be
managed in accordance with the provisions of the Official Information Act
1982, which may include transfer to a more relevant Minister or Agency
* If your request relates to media, it will be referred to the media team
* Latest information from the Beehive can be found here:
https://www.beehive.govt.nz/
Thank you for the taking the time to write.
Kind regards,
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Office of Hon Simeon Brown MP
Minister of Transport, Minister of Local Government, Minister for Energy,
Minister for Auckland
Email: [Simeon Brown request email]
Website: www.Beehive.govt.nz
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand
Authorised by Hon Simeon Brown MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington
Disclaimer: The information in this email (including attachments) is
confidential and may be legally privileged. If an addressing or
transmission error has misdirected this email, please notify the author by
replying to this email and destroy the message. If you are not the
intended recipient, any use, disclosure, copying or distribution is
prohibited and may be unlawful.
Please note information about meetings related to the Ministers’
portfolios will be proactively released (this does not include personal or
constituency matters). For each meeting in scope, the summary would list:
date, time (start and finish), brief description, location, who the
meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with the
Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the organisation will
be released. If you are a senior staff member at an organisation, or meet
with the Minister in your personal capacity, your name may also be
released. The location of the meeting will be released, unless it is a
private residence. The proactive release will be consistent with the
provisions in the Official Information Act, including privacy
considerations. Under the Privacy Act 1993 you have the right to ask for a
copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to
be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy of
your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the
release of your information in the meeting disclosure, please contact the
sender. You can read more about the proactive release policy at
https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...
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From: Simeon Brown (MIN)
Simeon Brown
Dear C Robertson,
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request, received on 9/08/2024, in which you requested the following information:
Relating to my request for economic analysis, you refer me to the publicly available RIS, which I have read. To be clear, does the RIS reflect the entirety of the cost-benefit analysis referred to in the interview of 8 July 2024? In particular, I am interested in any analysis undertaken of detailed or quantified costs and benefits, and/or based on established CBA methodology. If the RIS draws on such an analysis, I am requesting that analysis, including information about the methodology.
Secondly, I reiterate my request for 'any safety analysis undertaken relating to the proposed Rule, such as modelling of the expected change in deaths and serious injuries (DSI), or analysis of historical DSI data', which your reply does not address.
Thirdly, I note that some elements of the drafting process are subject to legal privilege. I also requested a list of documents referred to in the drafting process and reiterate my request for that list, to the extent that it is not covered by legal privilege. I do not believe that studies and analyses referred to in order to provide an evidentiary basis for policy are subject as a category to legal privilege, so I request a list of documents referred to in order to establish an evidentiary basis for the draft rule.
Your request will be answered within the provisions of the Official Information Act.
Kind regards,
Office of Hon Simeon Brown
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From: Simeon Brown (MIN)
Simeon Brown
Dear C Robertson,
Please see attached a response to your Official Information Act request.
Kind regards,
Abby McRoberts
Private Secretary (Transport) | Office of Hon Simeon Brown
Minister of Transport | Minister for Auckland | Minister for Energy I Minister for Local Government
Email: [email address] | Website: www.Beehive,govt.nz
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand
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From: C Robertson
Tēnā koe e te Minitā,
Ngā mihi i tō īmēra whakautu, thank you for your email reply of September 06 2024.
Trying one more time before I refer this to the ombudsman:
I note that you refer me to the RIS in relation to parts 1 and 2 of my request. What I was requesting was any analyses used to support the statements made in the RIS, not the statements themselves. Referring me to those statements therefore does not supply me with the information requested.
The RIS does not contain the evidentiary basis for the statements it contains about economic benefit (and the similar statements made in the interview I referred to in my initial request), so parts 1 and 2 of my request are not answered by a refusal on the basis that the RIS is publicly available.
I reiterate my request: please supply me with the evidentiary basis (such as any
analysis undertaken of detailed or quantified costs and benefits, and/or based on
established CBA methodology, including information about the methodology used) for the statements made in the RIS about economic benefit. If no such evidentiary basis exists, please confirm that.
The RIS also does not contain detailed information about 'any safety analysis undertaken relating to the proposed Rule, such as modelling of the expected change in deaths and serious injuries (DSI), or analysis of historical DSI data'. The RIS contains a number of statements about safety, such as 'The new proposed speed limit classifications are based on safety' (page 13). I am requesting any information or analysis used to support or inform those statements. In particular, I am requesting any analysis of safety impacts undertaken before the release of the draft Rule (especially given the Minister's campaign promise that speed limits would be reduced 'where it is safe to do so', and the absence of similar language in the draft or final Rule). I therefore reiterate my request for any such safety analysis. If none was undertaken, please confirm that.
Finally, since the new Rule is now published, please supply me with the documents refused in your previous reply on the grounds that the Rule was under active consideration (numbered as 3, OC231067; 4, OC240067; 5,Cabinet paper: update on our 100day commitment to stop blanket speed limit reductions and start work on a new rule for setting speed limits; 6, OC240201; 7, OC240312; and 8, Draft results of the localised approach 14 June 2024).
Kāti ake i kōnei, nāku noa, nā
C Robertson
From: Simeon Brown (MIN)
Simeon Brown
Dear C,
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request, received on 10/10/2024, in which you requested the following information:
I note that you refer me to the RIS in relation to parts 1 and 2 of my request. What I was requesting was any analyses used to support the statements made in the RIS, not the statements themselves. Referring me to those statements therefore does not supply me with the information requested.
The RIS does not contain the evidentiary basis for the statements it contains about economic benefit (and the similar statements made in the interview I referred to in my initial request), so parts 1 and 2 of my request are not answered by a refusal on the basis that the RIS is publicly available.
I reiterate my request: please supply me with the evidentiary basis (such as any
analysis undertaken of detailed or quantified costs and benefits, and/or based on
established CBA methodology, including information about the methodology used) for the statements made in the RIS about economic benefit. If no such evidentiary basis exists, please confirm that.
The RIS also does not contain detailed information about 'any safety analysis undertaken relating to the proposed Rule, such as modelling of the expected change in deaths and serious injuries (DSI), or analysis of historical DSI data'. The RIS contains a number of statements about safety, such as 'The new proposed speed limit classifications are based on safety' (page 13). I am requesting any information or analysis used to support or inform those statements. In particular, I am requesting any analysis of safety impacts undertaken before the release of the draft Rule (especially given the Minister's campaign promise that speed limits would be reduced 'where it is safe to do so', and the absence of similar language in the draft or final Rule). I therefore reiterate my request for any such safety analysis. If none was undertaken, please confirm that.
Finally, since the new Rule is now published, please supply me with the documents refused in your previous reply on the grounds that the Rule was under active consideration (numbered as 3, OC231067; 4, OC240067; 5,Cabinet paper: update on our 100day commitment to stop blanket speed limit reductions and start work on a new rule for setting speed limits; 6, OC240201; 7, OC240312; and 8, Draft results of the localised approach 14 June 2024).
Your request will be answered within the provisions of the Official Information Act.
Kind regards,
Office of Hon Simeon Brown
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From: Simeon Brown (MIN)
Simeon Brown
Dear C Robertson,
Please see attached a response to your Official Information Act request.
Kind regards,
Abby McRoberts
Private Secretary (Transport) | Office of Hon Simeon Brown
Minister of Transport | Minister for Auckland | Minister for Energy I Minister for Local Government
Email: [email address] | Website: www.Beehive,govt.nz
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand
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