Dear Ministry of Social Development,

I am writing to request the following information:

1. For the years 1980 to 2016, the numbers of sole parents
(receiving any benefit covered by the Social Security Act) with
children in their care who were required to provide identifying information to MSD of the non custodial parent.

1a. For each year could we please have the above numbers broken down by age, gender and ethnicity

2. For the years 1980 to 2016, the numbers of sole parents
(receiving any benefit covered by the Social Security Act) with
children in their care who provided identifying information to MSD of the non custodial parent.

2a. For each year could we please have the above numbers broken down by age, gender and ethnicity.

3. For the years 1980 to 2016, the number of sole parents
(receiving any benefit covered by the Social Security Act) with
children in their care who DID NOT provide identifying information to MSD of the non custodial parent.

3a. For each year could we please have the above numbers broken down by age, gender and ethnicity.

Yours faithfully,

Sarah Thompson