Random Selection For Evidence of Income

Aaron Chang made this Official Information request to Ministry of Social Development

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From: Aaron Chang

Dear Ministry of Social Development,

I would like to request information regarding:

The purpose of randomly selecting recipients of student allowance for evidence of income during a specific week.

The date of the last review of this process of 'randomly selecting recipients of student allowance for evidence of income during a specific week' and whether alternative methods of acquiring this information were examined.

The process by which random selection occurs.

Any policies, training materials or guidlines for staff on how to deal with submitted evidence that does not fit the current framework, i.e. people paid monthly or sporadically.

Yours faithfully,

Aaron Chang

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An OIA request that I sent to the Ministry of Social Development on the 30th November 2018 recieved a reply including the following information:

"Please note that the period commencing 25 December 2018 and ending 15 January 2019 does not count as 'working days' as defined in section 2 of the Official Information Act 1982. Due to this holiday, a decision about your response would be due on 21 January 2019."

As this request was sent four days early I believe that I should have recieved a reply by the 15th January 2019 which is now overdue.

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Attachment Signed response of 22 January 2019 to requestor Aaron Chang.pdf
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Dear Mr Chang

Attached is the response to your request of 26 November 2018 regarding StudyLink's requests for evidence of income for Student Allowance purposes.

Yours sincerely

[email address]
Ministerial and Executive Services
Ministry of Social Development

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