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2459 (2010). Moana Mackey to the Minister of Housing (Acting)

Does Housing New Zealand have a system to track the hours worked by consultants, and if so, how many hours have been logged by consultants working on the Enterprise Transformation Programme and what has been the cost to date of this work?

 Question 18 Mar 10

2458 (2010). Moana Mackey to the Minister of Housing (Acting)

How much is expected to be spent on overseas travel by officials and consultants/contractors relating to the Enterprise Transformation Programme in 2010?

 Question 18 Mar 10

2457 (2010). Moana Mackey to the Minister of Housing (Acting)

How much has been spent on overseas travel by officials and consultants/contractors relating to the Enterprise Transformation Programme to date, and provide details of each trip, purpose, destination, dates of travel, costs of travel, costs of accommodation, number of staff sent and their positions in the organisation?

 Question 18 Mar 10

2456 (2010). Moana Mackey to the Minister of Housing (Acting)

What is the range and average of length of service of Housing New Zealand staff broken down by salary band?

 Question 18 Mar 10

2455 (2010). Moana Mackey to the Minister of Housing (Acting)

What are the names of the consultants or contractors, the types of service generally provided by each, the budgeted and actual costs and the dates of the contracts (includeing the date commenced and completed) for each consultant or contractor that has been engaged by Housing New Zealand Corportation, and paid more than $5000, or for which more than $5000 is budgeted to be spent in the current financial year?

 Question 18 Mar 10

2454 (2010). Hon Trevor Mallard to the Minister of Education

Are plain language school reports to be written in parents’ first languages?

 Question 18 Mar 10

2453 (2010). Hon Trevor Mallard to the Minister of Education

Does plain language for reporting to parents vary according to the community the school serves?

 Question 18 Mar 10

2452 (2010). Hon Trevor Mallard to the Minister of Education

How does she define plain language for the purpose of reporting to parents?

 Question 18 Mar 10

2451 (2010). Hon Trevor Mallard to the Minister of Education

How will schools demonstrate that the National Administration Guidelines relating to plain language reporting are being met?

Question 18 Mar 10

2450 (2010). Hon Trevor Mallard to the Minister of Education

Can she outline her understanding of why trialling the standards is being called for; and outline her reasons for opposing trialling?

Question 18 Mar 10

2449 (2010). Hon Trevor Mallard to the Minister of Education

Can she outline how the National Standards will raise achievement and the evidence she has for her view?

 Question 18 Mar 10

2448 (2010). Hon Trevor Mallard to the Minister of Education

Was her Ministry consulted before the School Trustees Association wrote to Boards in relation to the implementation of national standards, and if so what input did they provide?

Question 18 Mar 10

2447 (2010). Hon Trevor Mallard to the Minister of Education

In which electorates has she held a public meeting to explain national standards and what is her plan to hold meetings in each of the other electorates?

 Question 18 Mar 10

2446 (2010). Hon Trevor Mallard to the Minister of Education

Does she consider Speech and Language Therapists and Educational Psychologists "back office" jobs in the Ministry of Education?

 Question 18 Mar 10

2445 (2010). Hon Trevor Mallard to the Minister of Education

How many public meetings has she addressed on her recent tour and what was the average attendance at each meeting?

Question 18 Mar 10

2444 (2010). Hon Trevor Mallard to the Minister of Education

Of the 150,000 students she claims are failing how many does she believe are failing in writing?

Question 18 Mar 10

2443 (2010). Hon Trevor Mallard to the Minister of Education

Of the 150,000 students she claims are failing how many does she believe are failing in reading?

Question 18 Mar 10

2442 (2010). Hon Trevor Mallard to the Minister of Education

Of the 150,000 students she claims are failing how many does she believe are failing in maths?

Question 18 Mar 10

2441 (2010). Hon Trevor Mallard to the Minister of Education

What is the government's policy with regard the development of league tables based on national standards?

 Question 18 Mar 10

2440 (2010). Hon Trevor Mallard to the Minister of Education

Do parents have the right to withdraw their children from the tests which lead to national standards and if so how do they do this?

 Question 18 Mar 10
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