10 October 2024
B White
[FYI request #28499 email]
Dear B White
Official Information Request
Reference MINOIA 2024-0275
I refer to your official information request dated 24 September 2024:
“Please supply details of how many (and which agencies) public service agencies have
sufficient facilities to cater for their entire office based workforce coming into their home
office on any given day.
Where there is a shortfall - please supply details of numbers of employees that cannot
be catered for at each agency and any further detail that might help understand said
shortfall.
For clarity sufficient facilities would encompass:
- sufficient and suitable desk space for all workers, considering appropriate ergonomic
needs (not accommodating office workers by making them work at break out tables, or
in kitchen spaces)
- no breaches of occupancy limits on buildings
- sufficient amenities such as toilets, and break rooms to accommodate all staff”.
I have transferred your request to the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE),
as the information to which your request relates is not held by me but is believed to be held by
MBIE. In these circumstances, I am required by section 14 of the Of icial Information Act 1982
to transfer your request. You wil hear further from MBIE concerning your request.
If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact Misty Mossman at
[email address]
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
Hon Nicola Willis
Minister for the Public Service