This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Official Information request 'All inquiries and research conducted on Universal Basic Income policies done by Ministers in New Zealand including the year of 2024'.

 
Reference: 20240616 
 
 
27 August 2024 
 
 
Victoria Lukiyanyuk 
[FYI request #27869 email] 
 
Dear Victoria 
 
Thank you for your Of icial Information Act request, received on 31 July 2024. You 
requested the following: 
any research and inquiries conducted by Ministers into Universal Basic Income, 
especially in the year of 2024.  
Information not held 
The Treasury has not been commissioned to undertake any work related to a 
‘Universal Basic Income’ in 2024. This mean we do not hold any material within the 
scope of this request. Your request for the above information is refused under section 
18(e) of the Official Information Act – the document alleged to contain the information 
requested does not exist or cannot be found. 
Please note that this letter (with your personal details removed) may be published on 
the Treasury website. 
This reply addresses the information you requested. You have the right to ask the 
Ombudsman to investigate and review my decision.  
 
Yours sincerely 
 
 
 
 
 
Keiran Kennedy 
Manager, Welfare & Oranga Tamariki 
 
1 The Terrace 
PO Box 3724  
Wellington 6140 
New Zealand  
tel.  +64-4-472-2733 
 
https://treasury.govt.nz