Hon KIRITAPU ALLAN (Minister of Justice): Upholding our legal obligations under the Official Information Act (OIA) is fundamental to the principle of accessibility. This Government has worked to improve the release and transparency of official information. This includes, and is not limited to, instituting the proactive release of Cabinet papers; instituting the monthly proactive release of ministerial diaries; answering 113,000 written parliamentary questions in the last parliamentary term, compared to 41,500 by National in the previous term; legislating to require the Public Service to foster a culture of open Government; supporting improved parliamentary practices to enhance ministerial accountability, including a new question and answer process during committee stage in the House, and following ministerial statements in the House on the Official Information Act itself. Yes, I do believe it's generally fit for purpose. For example, since 2016, when the Public Service Commission started collecting OIA data, there has been an overall improvement in OIA requests being completed on time despite a 110 percent increase in the volume of requests during that same period. In June 2016, 91.1 percent of OIAs were completed on time, compared with 97.3 percent today. And just 0.15 percent of all OIA responses result in a finding of deficiency by the Ombudsman.