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Request NumberRequest SummaryDate PostedDepartment
AES/4/2013 The cost of taxi services for income support clients for the most recent fiscal year available. A copy of the guidelines governing this program, including voucher limit amounts, taxi registration with Advanced Education and Skills process, eligible taxi travel covered by program, etc.2013-04-23Advanced Education and Skills
AESL/37/2017 Please provide a breakdown of funding and the number of placements created by the Student Summer Employment Programs (AES) by district. Please indicate how many positions (high school and post-secondary) and how much funding for each position has awarded by each district and please indicate which groups, organizations, or businesses received this funding.2017-08-01Advanced Education and Skills
AESL/46/2016 1. How many single parent families have received social assistance in NL, each year from 2000 to 2016; 2. On behalf of how many children in those single parent families is child support paid, each year from 2000 to 2016; 3. How much child support has been payable to single parent families that has been "clawed back" by the Government of NL, each year from 2000 to 2016.2016-12-22Advanced Education and Skills
AES/32/2016 Government Renewal Abstract Proposal for the department of Advanced Education and Skills. Please include all corresponding documents that outline the proposed 30% budget reductions, analysis, public interest, role of government, and partnerships.2016-09-21Advanced Education and Skills
AES/29/2016 Could you please tell me how many times media access requests have been denied by AE&S and the reason for each, over the last 2 years? By access requests, I would include requests for access to the Press Gallery in the House, attendance at press conferences and telephone/written/electronic requests for information. Could I also obtain a copy of the policy manual or other documents that govern when media requests will be accepted and/or rejected?2016-08-24Advanced Education and Skills
AES/30/2016 Request detailed breakdown of all consultants used by department between December 1, 2015 to August 11, 2016. Please include agreements/contracts, amount paid to date as well as scope of work and associated timeframes.2016-09-13Advanced Education and Skills
AES/27/2016 In the past 5 years, please provide how many applications were approved for funding even though they were funded in the past 4years.2016-08-15Advanced Education and Skills
AES/26/2016 All forms of records which determined the closures of all AES offices in our province showing the projected cost savings as well as the actual cost saving since the closures. Provide weekly stats of all AES offices in our province prior to the closures and weekly stats in all current offices. Any and all documentation on lease agreements and current status of these agreements. Plans that were outlined for clients, distance from each closed office to nearest operating office, the number of layoffs from each closed office and transfer of positions to specific offices. 2016-08-15Advanced Education and Skills
AES/16/2016 All records and information relating to the total cost for 2013, 2014, and 2014 (applicant likely meant 2015) with respect to Waypoints including, without limitation, such matters as: operating expenses, capital expenses, payroll and benefits, pension liabilities, all indirect supports to its operations including arbitrations, human resources support, external advice and consultants. This is to include: (i) the Foster Family Support Pilot Project; (ii) Waypoints Group Home; and (iii) any other Waypoints initiative of like nature.2016-05-24Advanced Education and Skills
AES/20/2016[1] Information relating to an AES vendor.2016-05-30Advanced Education and Skills
AES/15/2016 All records and information relating to the total annual budgets for Waypoints, including any extra-budgetary items, budget over-runs, and pilot programs for each of 2013, 2014 and 2015.2016-05-24Advanced Education and Skills
AES/21/2016 Please provide information regarding the Cabinet Retreat in February 2016. I am looking for a list of people who attended from the Department, including the Minister and Executive Assistant (if applicable). Please also provide expense claims for any individuals who attended.2016-06-03Advanced Education and Skills
AES/24/2016 How much money was budgeted and expended by your Department in the provision of emergency accommodations in fiscal 2015? 2016-07-05Advanced Education and Skills
AES/11/2016 The number and breakdown of all successful Provincial Nominee Program applicants since the beginning of the program By breakdown I mean by PNP stream - international graduate, entrepreneur, family connections, skilled worker, etc.2016-04-21Advanced Education and Skills
AES/12/2016 At December 31, 2015 No. of people on social services in the following communities Stephenville Stephenville Xing St. George's Heatherton Robinsons Jeffreys.2016-04-19Advanced Education and Skills
AES/13/2016 Please provide information on the number of outstanding accounts within your department (including any which have been forwarded to Tax Administration for collections and those which have not yet been forwarded) which are the result of over payments by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Please provide the outstanding balance on each account and through which program the over payment occurred. The time frame would be over payments which have occurred between December 1, 2015 and April 4, 2016.2016-05-10Advanced Education and Skills
AES/10/2016 Copies of correspondence, reports and briefing documents related to the preparation of the Strategic Social Plan for Newfoundland and Labrador between 1996 and 2000 as well as copies of correspondence exchanged between members of the Social Policy Advisory Committee and the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador during the same time frame.2016-04-11Advanced Education and Skills
AES/7/2016 Completion/graduation rates, total enrollment rates, attrition rates, and detailed financial information (i.e. per student cost, overall actual cost, grants, transfers, etc.) incurred by the government on an annual basis for five years prior to the privatization of Adult Basic Education (ABE).2016-03-15Advanced Education and Skills
AES/6/2016 Completion/graduation rates, total enrollment rates, attrition rates, and detailed financial information (i.e. per student cost, overall actual cost, grants, transfers, etc.) associated with and incurred by the province since the privatization of Adult Basic Education (ABE) broken down on a per year basis.2016-03-15Advanced Education and Skills
AES/44/2015 All Briefing books, emails, notes, and correspondence prepared for incoming Minister.2016-01-22Advanced Education and Skills
AES/3/2016 I would like to have the numbers of international students who 1. are nominated into the PNP program 2. are made permanent residents for the past 10 years.2016-02-15Advanced Education and Skills
AES/9/2016 Each calendar year, the province of Newfoundland and Labrador is allocated, by the Federal Government, a specific number of spaces through the NL Provincial Nominee Program (PNP). There are three categories in the PNP program. These categories are: 1. Express Entry Skilled Worker 2. Skilled Worker 3. International Graduate. Of the total allocations from the Federal Government for the NLPNP, how many spaces were actually filled for the years ranging from 2010-2015, for each PNP category? Essentially, I would like to know the difference between what was allocated and what was filled for each of the categories from 2010-2015 I would like to see this data displayed in table form if at all possible. 2016-04-07Advanced Education and Skills
AES/4/2016 All records of information, i.e. correspondence, letters, emails and notes regarding the cost the province has AND will be expected to absorb as a result of the Syrian settlement program. The request will cover the time period between Oct 1, 2015 and February 8, 2016.2016-03-10Advanced Education and Skills
AES/42/2015 All briefing materials prepared for and/or provided to Minister Gerry Byrne on assuming the role of minister.2016-01-21Advanced Education and Skills
AES/35/2015 Number of journey persons with more than 2 apprentices and their trades for 2014, 2015.2015-10-20Advanced Education and Skills
AES/40/2015 All records and correspondence in relation to the transition of the Western Regional School of Nursing from Western Health to Grenfell Campus, Memorial University (or formerly Sir Wilfred Grenfell College) from Jan. 1, 2014-to-Nov. 18, 2015.2015-12-29Advanced Education and Skills
AES/32/2015 For each apprentice that passed the Red Seal Certification Exam in 2013 and 2014 how many weeks of school did they complete in the trade? Please include Auto Service Tech, Carpenter, Heavy Duty Equipment Mechanic, Plumber, and Sheet metal worker. Please specify if the apprentices completed Entry Level Training or were Direct Entry and if the weeks of Entry Level Training were included in total weeks of training.2015-10-20Advanced Education and Skills
AES/33/2015 What was the procedure used in the fall of 2014 to select new members to the Apprenticeship Board. Were they appointed? If so, who appointed them? Were MHA's informed this was happening? Was the public notified?2015-10-13Advanced Education and Skills
AES/37/2015 A breakdown of skills development funding approvals since July 2015 indicating: how many people have been approved by trade/program of study; and how much money has been invested by trade/program of study.2015-11-16Advanced Education and Skills
AES/30/2015 Apprenticeship Boards meeting minutes for 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015.2015-10-23Advanced Education and Skills
AES/31/2015 All correspondence between the Apprenticeship and Trades Division and the Minister responsible for the division, regarding the apprenticeship program, more specifically: pass fail rates for Red Seal Certification Exams with NL apprentices, weeks of training, comparisons of stats with other provinces. From January 2008 - August 2015.2015-10-19Advanced Education and Skills
AES/27/2015 All correspondence between the federal and provincial governments since 2008 on: a. the Labour Market Development Agreement; b. the Labour Market Agreement; and c. the Labour Market Agreement for Persons with Disabilities. 2015-10-07Advanced Education and Skills
AES/26/2015 A copy of each Annual Annex as outlined in Article 17 of the Labour Market Development Agreement.2015-09-14Advanced Education and Skills
AES/36/2015 In regards to the Apprenticeship Harmonization Project and its objective to encourage consistency in apprenticeship training and certification requirements across the Atlantic Provinces. Was NL's Entry Level Training discussed with the representatives of other Provinces who were on the Apprenticeship Harmonization board? If so what was the consensus in relation to the Entry Level Training which is only offered in NL? This Entry Level Training brings the total number of classroom weeks much higher than in other provinces. How will NL's Entry Level Program fit into the Harmonization Project?2015-10-20Advanced Education and Skills
AES/12/2015 I would like a monthly breakdown for the total expenditure on taxi use for clients of income support from the 2012 fiscal year until the end of the second quarter for this year. I would like the breakdown to include the names of taxi companies used, how much each earned per month and the number of trips per company. I would also like a list of reasons for taxi use for each month. (i.e. trip to a doctor's office, hospital...)2015-06-29Advanced Education and Skills
AES/20/2015 Government recently announced their population growth strategy. Please list all expenses in development to the announcement of this strategy, including all marketing/advertising costs. The marketing costs should be broken down for in-province as well as out-of-province marketing. In addition, place provide the budget to execute this strategy.2015-08-19Advanced Education and Skills
AES/18/2015 A breakdown by trade and by block: The number and percentage of students from each block exam held between January 1, 2014 - April 30, 2015 who passed; were writing the exam for a second time; and were writing the exam for a third time.2015-07-28Advanced Education and Skills
AES/9/2015 A copy of the department's contract with Cabot Pest Control; also include copies of the competitive bids received before awarding the contract to Cabot Pest Control.2015-07-02Advanced Education and Skills
AES/11/2015 All briefing materials, letters, email correspondence or other documentation provided to the Assistant Deputy Minister of Advanced Education and Skills responsible for Post-Secondary Education Branch, concerning the Memorial University tuition freeze between Jan. 1, 2015 and April 20, 2015.2015-06-15Advanced Education and Skills
AES/13/2015 The review completed by the Newfoundland and Labrador Statistics Agency on the Department of Advanced Education and Skills. The review included the retention rates of Provincial Nominees who received their permanent residency between 2007 and 2012.2015-07-20Advanced Education and Skills
AES/10/2015 All briefing materials, letters, email correspondence or other documentation provided to the Minister of Advanced Education and Skills concerning the Memorial University tuition freeze between Jan. 1, 2015 and April 20, 2015.2015-06-15Advanced Education and Skills
AES/23/2015 An organizational chart from 12 months ago for the central and western regions of the province for AES, listing all positions by regions, specifying the communities in which each position is located. Please also list any and all positions eliminated, reclassified, made redundant in the central and western regions of the province over the last 12 months.2015-09-02Advanced Education and Skills
AES/17/2015 The number of passes and fails for NL apprentices writing the Red Seal Certification exams from January 1, 2014 - April 30, 2015. Please provide a breakdown by trade.2015-07-28Advanced Education and Skills
AES/3/2015 A copy of the budget binder which was prepared for the Minister and his officials for the 2014-15 budget year and used in the Department of Advanced Education and Skills estimates meetings in the Spring of 2014.2015-03-20Advanced Education and Skills
AES/25/2012 Copies of all applications/proposals submitted to the Department of Advanced Education and Skills by any groups, associations, agencies, community groups, corporations, etc. from Bell Island. Details of the funding for the associated approved proposals, budget breakdown for each contract and the associated sponsor of each program funded on Bell Island. 2013-05-28Advanced Education and Skills
AES/7/2015[1] Information relating to the Red Seal Program for carpentry.2015-05-11Advanced Education and Skills
AES/6/2015 Information relating to the Red Seal Carpenters Courses.2015-04-29Advanced Education and Skills
AES/8/2015 The amount of money spent on marketing and advertising in Budget Year 2013-14 and 2014-15.2015-04-27Advanced Education and Skills
AES/30/2013 List of businesses who have been approved for the 3:1 ratio for journey-persons: apprentices since the JMP was implemented.2013-12-27Advanced Education and Skills
AES/2/2013 Copies of the report filed by John Noseworthy, contractor with the Department of Advanced Education and Skills, in December 2012, including any drafts, preliminary or final.2013-04-23Advanced Education and Skills

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[3] Information redacted due to reference to cabinet record.
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