Correspondence with Member of Parliament David Seymour

Thank you for your request dated 9 January 2024 under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA). You requested:

Pursuant to the Official Information Act, I request digital copies of all correspondence between Member of Parliament David Seymour and Pharmac that you hold on record. Should there be a large amount of information to process, please contact me so I can narrow my request.

On 9 January 2024 we sought to clarify your request and on 9 January 2024 your request was clarified to be for:

All correspondence with David Seymour in his personal capacity and as a Member of Parliament before becoming a minister.

On 13 February 2024 we advised you that an extension was required for necessary consultation before a decision could be made on your request.

We have identified several pieces of correspondence within scope of your request, and these are provided to you in part subject to some information withheld under the following section of the Act:

• S9(2)(a), to protect the privacy of individuals.

In making our decision, we have considered the public interest considerations in section 9(1) of the Act. No public interest has been identified that would be sufficient to override the reasons for withholding that information.

We trust that this information answers your queries. Please note, you have the right to make a complaint to the Ombudsman about our response to your OIA, under section 28(3) of the OIA. Details of how to make a complaint(external link) are on the Ombudsman’s website.

To make information more freely available, we publish selected OIA responses (excluding personal details) on our website. Please get in touch with us if you have any questions about this.