
19 February 2025
James Webb
[FYI request #29838 email]
Dear James
Thank you for your Official Information Act (OIA) request, received on 22 January
2025. You requested:
1. How many OIAs has your Office received between October 1 2024 and
December 31 2024? Can you please note how many of those were
transferred from other departments, agencies, or Ministers?
2. What was the average number of days taken to respond to requests?
3. How many requests have been extended?
4. How many requests have been responded to after 20 days? Can you please
note how many of those were not extended?
5. How many requests do you have that are overdue as of the date of this
request? (i.e. have not been extended but have not been responded to in the
statutory 20 days from receipt).
Part 1
In my capacity as Minister of Finance and Minister for Social Investment, I received 60
OIA requests between 1 October 2024 and 31 December 2024. Of these requests five
were transferred to me.
Part 2
My
Part 3
Of the 60 OIAs I received between 1 October 2024 and 31 December 2024, four were
extended.

Part 4
My
Part 5
As at 22 January 2025, I had four overdue OIA requests.
This reply addresses the information you requested. You have the right to ask the
Ombudsman to investigate and review my decision.
Yours sincerely
Hon Nicola Wil is
Minister of Finance