16842 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister for Disability Issues

Written Question
Published date: 22 Apr 2025
16842 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister for Disability Issues: How many staff in the Minister's departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that are responsible to the Minister, if any, that had responding to or processing Official Information Act requests as a core part of their job description, if any, lost their jobs or were restructured out of their roles into a role where OIA requests were not a core part of their role, between 27 November 2023 and 31 December 2024?
Hon Louise Upston: I am advised that no staff that had responding to or processing Official Information Act requests as a core part of their job description at Ministry of Disabled People, Whaikaha, lost their jobs or were restructured out of their roles into a role where OIA requests were not a core part of their role, between 27 November 2023 and 31 December 2024. In relation to Disability Support Services, which is part of the Ministry of Social Development, please refer to written parliamentary question 16765 (2025).