41890 (2025). Lemauga Lydia Sosene to the Minister of Agriculture

Written Question

Published date: 16 Sep 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	41890 (2025)
Question asked:	26 Aug 2025
Member asking:	Lemauga Lydia Sosene
Portfolio:	Minister of Agriculture
Minister replying:	Hon Todd McClay
Answer received:	10 Sep 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_41890_2025
Document guid:	4947f7ff-6dac-4278-bbcb-0682947cac2c

41890 (2025). Lemauga Lydia Sosene to the Minister of Agriculture: How many requests for information, if any, under the Official Information Act 1982 has the Minister or their office received in the period from November 27th 2023 to August 1st 2025, and how many of these, if any, were responded to in full within 20 working days?

Hon Todd McClay: I received a total of 213 Official Information Act requests across all portfolios. Of these, ten were not responded to within statutory timeframes, often as a result of approvals being sought during public holidays or weekends.