CYF squanders thousands on empty office space

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Mon May 14 2007 12:00:00 GMT+1200 (New Zealand Standard Time)

CYF squanders thousands on empty office space

Monday, 14 May 2007, 12:06 am
Press Release: New Zealand National Party

Katherine Rich
National Party MP

14 May 2007

The Minister for Child, Youth and Family needs to explain why her Government is wasting scarce resources leasing a whole floor of vacant offices in Dunedin's Philip Laing House, says National MP Katherine Rich. "Monthly lease payments for the empty offices are estimated to be $11,000 per month and there is still no confirmed date for the space to be used.

"CYF has been leasing these since November last year - that's an estimated $70,000 that could have been much better spent. "Our local Child, Youth and Family team works hard to provide services for our children in need. What's needed is support for Dunedin's social workers at the front line, not money wasted on flash offices that no one's using.

"Ruth Dyson needs to front up with an explanation of how this squandering of taxpayers money is addressing our nation's appalling child abuse record and resource issues here in Dunedin."

ENDS

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