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Thank you for your email received 18 April 2017, under the Official Information Act 1982. Your request has been forwarded to the appropriate officials at National office to respond. You may expect a decision regarding your request to be sent to you as soon as possible.
 
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Official and Parliamentary Information team   |  Ministerial and Executive Services
Ministry of Social Development

Our Purpose:
We help New Zealanders to help themselves to be safe, strong and independent
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Marama H A

[1][email address]

 

 

 

Dear Marama H A

On 14 April 2017 you emailed the Ministry requesting, under the Official
Information Act 1982, the following information regarding Business
start-up grants:

·         The number of applications that applied to this department for
the Business Start up Grant for the 2016 Fiscal year.

·         The number of successful applicants for the 2016 Fiscal year.

 

The Ministry has decided to grant your request in part, namely information
which relates to the number of successful applicants. However, it will
take some time to prepare this information for release. The information
will be sent to you around 15 June 2017, sooner if we are able.

The Ministry has also decided to refuse your request for the number of
applications made for a Flexi-Wage Self-Employment grant as the
information is held in notes on individual case files. In order to provide
you with this information Ministry staff would have to manually review
thousands of files. As such, I refuse your request under section 18(f) of
the Official Information Act. The greater public interest is in the
effective and efficient administration of the public service.

I have considered whether the Ministry would be able to respond to your
request given extra time, or the ability to charge for the information
requested. I have concluded that, in either case, the Ministry’s ability
to undertake its work would still be prejudiced.

If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact
[2][MSD request email]

 

If you are not satisfied with this decision, you have the right to seek an
investigation and review by the Ombudsman. Information about how to make a
complaint is available at [3]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz  or 0800 802 602.

 

Yours sincerely

Official and Parliamentary Information team   |  Ministerial and
Executive Services

Ministry of Social Development

 

Our Purpose:
We help New Zealanders to help themselves to be safe, strong and
independent
Ko ta mātou he whakamana tangata kia tū haumaru, kia tū kaha, kia tū
motuhake

 

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Please find attached the Ministry’s response to your Official Information
Act request regarding Business Start-Up Grants for the 2016 fiscal year.

 

Nâ mâtou noa, nâ

 

Official and Parliamentary Information team   |  Ministerial and
Executive Services

Ministry of Social Development

 

Our Purpose:
We help New Zealanders to help themselves to be safe, strong and
independent
Ko ta mâtou he whakamana tangata kia tû haumaru, kia tû kaha, kia tû
motuhake

 

 

------------------------------- This email and any attachments may contain
information that is confidential and subject to legal privilege. If you
are not the intended recipient, any use, dissemination, distribution or
duplication of this email and attachments is prohibited. If you have
received this email in error please notify the author immediately and
erase all copies of the email and attachments. The Ministry of Social
Development accepts no responsibility for changes made to this message or
attachments after transmission from the Ministry.
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