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Dear Harwood

 

Thank you for your email in which you submitted an Official Information
Act request as follows:

 

Please provide the following on the school lunch programme:

1. Does the government consider it has delivered healthy lunches that
benefit students?

2. Does the government consider it has used sustainable packing to deliver
the lunches? i.e. recyclable or fully composable products (i.e. no plastic
lined materials)?

3. Does the government have standards or requirements that have to be met
for the school lunch programme? if so what? and if they haven't been met,
for what reason?

4. Please provide the sources of this information, i.e. packaging
materials, is this information from a supplier?

 

We received your request on Saturday 15 February 2025.  We will endeavour
to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later
than Friday 14 March 2025, being 20 working days after the day your
request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then,
we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

 

Kind regards,

 

 

 

Office of Hon David Seymour

[1]A pink and Deputy Prime Minister (from 31 May 2025)
white emblem
with two women Minister for Regulation
holding flags Associate Minister of Education
Description
automatically Associate Minister of Justice
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Associate Minister of Finance

Associate Minister of Health

 

7.6 Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

DSOIA401

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Harwood Wilson <[FOI #30101 email]>
Sent: Saturday, 15 February 2025 9:35 PM
To: David Seymour (MIN) <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - School Lunch Waste

 

Dear David Seymour,

 

Please provide the following on the school lunch programme:

 

1. Does the government consider it has delivered healthy lunches that
benefit students?

 

2. Does the government consider it has used sustainable packing to deliver
the lunches? i.e. recyclable or fully composable products (i.e. no plastic
lined materials)?

 

3. Does the government have standards or requirements that have to be met
for the school lunch programme? if so what? and if they haven't been met,
for what reason?

 

4. Please provide the sources of this information, i.e. packaging
materials, is this information from a supplier?

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Harwood Wilson

 

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Dear Harwood

 

We refer to your information request of 15 February 2025.

 

Your request has been considered under the Official Information Act 1982
(the Act).

 

We have determined that the information requested is more closely
connected with the functions of the Ministry of Education. As such, I
have transferred your request to the Ministry of Education in accordance
with section 14(b)(ii) of the Act.

 

You may expect a response from the Ministry of Education directly
concerning your request.

 

Kind regards,

 

 

 

Office of Hon David Seymour

[1]A pink and Deputy Prime Minister (from 31 May 2025)
white emblem
with two women Minister for Regulation
holding flags Associate Minister of Education
Description
automatically Associate Minister of Justice
generated
Associate Minister of Finance

Associate Minister of Health

 

7.6 Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

DSOIA401

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Harwood Wilson <[FOI #30101 email]>
Sent: Saturday, 15 February 2025 9:35 PM
To: David Seymour (MIN) <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - School Lunch Waste

 

Dear David Seymour,

 

Please provide the following on the school lunch programme:

 

1. Does the government consider it has delivered healthy lunches that
benefit students?

 

2. Does the government consider it has used sustainable packing to deliver
the lunches? i.e. recyclable or fully composable products (i.e. no plastic
lined materials)?

 

3. Does the government have standards or requirements that have to be met
for the school lunch programme? if so what? and if they haven't been met,
for what reason?

 

4. Please provide the sources of this information, i.e. packaging
materials, is this information from a supplier?

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Harwood Wilson

 

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Kia ora Harwood

 

Thank you for the information request below, that was transferred to the
Ministry on 18 February 2025.  The Ministry will consider and respond to
your request in accordance with the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act).

 

Under section 15(1) of the Act, we are required to make and inform you of
our decision on your request as soon as reasonably practicable and in any
case not later than 20 working days after the day on which your request is
received. You can therefore expect to receive our decision on your request
on or before 18 March 2025. If more than 20 working days are needed due to
the potential workload and/or consultations involved in answering your
request, we will notify you accordingly.

 

The Ministry may publicly release on our website the response to your
request five days after you have received it. Any personal information
will be removed.

 

In the interim, if you have any questions about your request, please email
[1][email address]

 

Ngā mihi

 

Enquiries National Team | Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga | Ministry of
Education | TW

[2]education.govt.nz

We shape an education system that delivers equitable and excellent
outcomes
He mea tārai e mātou te mātauranga kia rangatira ai, kia mana taurite ai
ōna huanga
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From: David Seymour (MIN) <[email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, 18 February 2025 3:54 pm
To: [FOI #30101 email]
Subject: Official Information request - School Lunch Waste

 

Dear Harwood

 

We refer to your information request of 15 February 2025.

 

Your request has been considered under the Official Information Act 1982
(the Act).

 

We have determined that the information requested is more closely
connected with the functions of the Ministry of Education. As such, I
have transferred your request to the Ministry of Education in accordance
with section 14(b)(ii) of the Act.

 

You may expect a response from the Ministry of Education directly
concerning your request.

 

Kind regards,

 

 

 

Office of Hon David Seymour

[4]A pink and Deputy Prime Minister (from 31 May 2025)
white emblem
with two women Minister for Regulation
holding flags Associate Minister of Education
Description
automatically Associate Minister of Justice
generated
Associate Minister of Finance

Associate Minister of Health

 

7.6 Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

DSOIA401

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Harwood Wilson <[5][FOI #30101 email]>
Sent: Saturday, 15 February 2025 9:35 PM
To: David Seymour (MIN) <[6][email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - School Lunch Waste

 

Dear David Seymour,

 

Please provide the following on the school lunch programme:

 

1. Does the government consider it has delivered healthy lunches that
benefit students?

 

2. Does the government consider it has used sustainable packing to deliver
the lunches? i.e. recyclable or fully composable products (i.e. no plastic
lined materials)?

 

3. Does the government have standards or requirements that have to be met
for the school lunch programme? if so what? and if they haven't been met,
for what reason?

 

4. Please provide the sources of this information, i.e. packaging
materials, is this information from a supplier?

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Harwood Wilson

 

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