In 2016 the Ministry of Soical Development (MSD) advised that from July 2017 its contracts with funded providers would include, as a condition of funding, the requirement to gather and share identifiable data about clients (ICLD) who are accessing services.
At the time of writing this paper (March 2017) ComVoices members have engaged constructively with MSD on the basis of an earlier issues paper butsignificant issues remain unresolved.
The purpose of this paper is to advise ministers of those issues and to propose an alternative approach to deliver a robust system that will support the social investment programme.