133 Molesworth Street
PO Box 5013
Wellington 6140
New Zealand
T+64 4 496 2000
11 September 2024
Simon Tegg
By email:
[FYI request #28302 email]
Ref:
H2024050850
Tēnā koe Simon
Response to your request for official information Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) to the Ministry of
Health – Manatū Hauora (the Ministry) on 04 September 2024 for information regarding policy
settings of medical interventions on gender questioning children and adolescents. You
requested:
“I request all communications (sceptical, supportive, or questioning) to the Minister, or any
associate Minister of Health regarding the current policy settings of medical interventions
on gender questioning children and adolescents, that is a) from a medical professional or group of professionals, b) since the release of the Cass Review final report on the 11th of March to the latest
available date, c) as well as any responses from a Minister or official.”
The requested information is more closely connected to the functions of the office of the
Associate Minister of Health, Hon Matt Doocey. For this reason, I have decided to transfer your
request to the Minister’s office under section 14(b)(ii) of the Act.
If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request with us, including this decision, please feel
free to contact the OIA Services Team on: [email address].
Under section 28(3) of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review any
decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be contacted by email at:
[email address] or by calling 0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, na
Jan Torres
Manager, OIA Services
Government and Executive Services | Te Pou Whakatere Kāwanatanga
COPY OF OIA REQUEST
From: Simon Tegg
<[FYI request #28302 email]>;
Received: Wed Sep 04 2024 18:24:32 GMT+1200 (New Zealand Standard Time)
To: OIA Reque
sts <[email address]>; OIA
<[email address]>;
Subject: Official Information request - Communications with a Minister regarding medical
interventions in gender questioning children and adolescents
Dear Ministry of Health,
I request all communications (sceptical, supportive, or questioning) to the Minister, or any
associate Minister of Health regarding the current policy settings of medical interventions on
gender questioning children and adolescents, that is
a) from a medical professional or group of professionals,
b) since the release of the Cass Review final report on the 11th of March to the latest available
date,
c) as well as any responses from a Minister or official.
Yours faithfully,
Simon Tegg
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