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Dear Mark,

Thank you for your email of 25 November in which you submitted an Official Information Act request, which reads as follows:

I would like to request information on the number of new applications for funding for PTEs from 2020 to 2024 (to date).

Identifying applications for additional funding for previously funded PTE's and new previously unfunded PTEs

Applications received year on year.
Applications allocated funding and Rationale.
Applications declined funding and Rationale.

Percentage of TEC funding allocated to PTE's for each of the years above.

Minister Simmonds is considering your request in accordance with the Act, and you can expect a response by 23 December 2024.

Kind regards,

Iain Forsyth
Private Secretary (Administration) | Office of Hon Penny Simmonds
Minister for the Environment | Tertiary Education and Skills
Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment

P: 04 817 6815
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand
Authorised by Hon Penny Simmonds, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

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Dear Mark,

I write to you regarding your OIA request from the 25th of November, in which you requested:

I would like to request information on the number of new applications for funding for PTEs from 2020 to 2024 (to date).

Identifying applications for additional funding for previously funded PTE's and new previously unfunded PTEs

Applications received year on year.
Applications allocated funding and Rationale.
Applications declined funding and Rationale.

Percentage of TEC funding allocated to PTE's for each of the years above.

In our view, it would have been necessary under section 14 of the OIA to transfer your request to the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) because the information you requested is held by that agency. However, we are aware that you have already made your request to the TEC, and therefore we have not transferred it. We do not hold any additional relevant information that is not already held by the TEC. You have the right to complain to the Ombudsman about this decision. Relevant information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.'

Kind regards,

Office of Hon Penny Simmonds
Minister for the Environment | Tertiary Education and Skills
Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment

P: 04 817 6815
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand
Authorised by Hon Penny Simmonds, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

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