Advice and information regarding Charter Schools
mike allen made this Official Information request to Chris Hipkins
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From: mike allen
Dear Chris Hipkins,
Can you please release to me the advice you have received, and from whom, upon which you relied, to formulate your decision to close Charter Schools.
Yours faithfully,
Mike Allen
From: John Sutherland
Dear Mike,
The Hon Chris Hipkins, Minister of Education, has asked me to acknowledge your request of 12 February 2018, for information under the Official information Act 1982, as follows:
advice you have received, and from whom, upon which you relied, to formulate your decision to close Charter Schools.
Your request is being considered under the official information act 1982.
Kind regards
John
John Sutherland | Private Secretary - Education | Office of Hon Chris Hipkins
Minister of Education
Parliament Buildings, Private Bag 18041, Wellington 6160, New Zealand
T: 04 817 9304 | M: 027 539 7145 | F: 04 817 6529
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From: John Sutherland
Dear Mike,
Thank you for your email of 12 February 2018, to the Minister of Education requesting the following information:
•advice you have received, and from whom, upon which you relied, to formulate your decision to close Charter Schools.
Your request has been considered under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act).
The Minister needs to extend the timeframe of our response to your request by 20 working days, pursuant to section 15A(1)(b) of the Act, as consultations necessary to make a decision on the request are such that a proper response to the request cannot reasonably be made within the original time limit. For this reason, you can expect to receive a response to your request by 11 April 2018. We will try to respond sooner than this date if possible.
If you no longer require this information please let us know as soon as possible.
Please be advised that should you have any concerns regarding this extension you have the right to ask an Ombudsman to investigate our decision to extend the timeframe. You can do this by writing to [email address] or Office of the Ombudsman, PO Box 10152, Wellington 6143.
Kind regards,
John
John Sutherland | Private Secretary - Education | Office of Hon Chris Hipkins
Minister of Education
Parliament Buildings, Private Bag 18041, Wellington 6160, New Zealand
T: 04 817 9304 | M: 027 539 7145 | F: 04 817 6529
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From: mike allen
Dear John Sutherland,
I do not accept your premise for an extension to the timeline. The Minister has made the decision based on information that he already has and therefore there should not be any delay in releasing that information.
Yours sincerely,
Mike Allen
From: mike allen
Dear John Sutherland,
where is the information I requested- you are now outside of the time frame allowed under law.
Yours sincerely,
mike allen
From: John Sutherland
Hi Mike,
Please find a response to your OIA request.
Kind regards, John
John Sutherland | Private Secretary - Education | Office of Hon Chris Hipkins
Minister of Education
Parliament Buildings, Private Bag 18041, Wellington 6160, New Zealand
T: 04 817 9304 | M: 027 539 7145 | F: 04 817 6529
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