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What advice did the Minister receive around cutting the Lottery Individuals with Disabilities grant?

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Kahurangi Carter

List MP · Green Party

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  • What advice did the Minister receive around cutting the Lottery Individuals with Disabilities grant?

Answered by

Hon Louise Upston

Member for Taupō · National Party · Minister for Disability Issues

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I regularly request and receive advice on a range of topics. In the interest of transparency, a list of reports received by my office from the: - Ministry of Social Development (MSD) is regularly published on MSD's website. The lists of titles are available here: www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/information-releases/reports-to-minister/index.html - Ministry of Disabled People – Whaikaha is regularly published on the ministry’s website. The lists of titles are available here: https://www.whaikaha.govt.nz/about-us/corporate-publications/reports-to-the-minister#scroll-to-2