Departmental outputs Cost
Ratio of departmental expense to administered expense
For every dollar spend on administered items under Output Group 2.2 in 2002–03, 23.8 cents were spent on departmental outputs.
Policy advice Quality—Client satisfaction
Ministers and Ministers’ offices are satisfied with the quality of policy advice and FaCS meets standards for policy advice
Ministers and their offices did not provide feedback on individual output groups but did provide feedback on departmental performance as a whole. Information on ministers’ and their offices’ assessment can be found in Part two—Ministerial and parliamentary services.
Technical quality of policy advice for Outcome 2—Satisfactory.
Quantity
Number of items to ministers
321 ministerial submissions and other written briefings or advice prepared; 395 ministerial replies to correspondence completed.
Price
$15.0 million
Purchasing, funding and relationship management Quality—Assurance
FaCS ensures that service providers meet terms and conditions of funding
Service agreements/contracts that meet legislative, government policy and FaCS requirements are in place with all service providers
FaCS Business Partnership Agreement with Centrelink specifies objectives and requirements for delivery of concessions and community support and for Centrepay and the Rent Deduction Scheme.
Quantity
Number of contracts/service agreements under management—1574
Number of service providers under management—1472
Price
$19.2 million
Research and evaluation Quality—Assurance
Research and evaluation is of a high standard (timely, fulfils terms of reference, complete, methodologically sound) and contributes to policy understanding and development
Evaluation and research for the Stronger Families and Communities Strategy met the required standards. The evaluation framework has been completed and the evaluation is underway. The final evaluation report is due in 2005. Research that contributes to understanding of building family and community capacity was undertaken regularly throughout the year.
Quantity
Major pieces of research and evaluation completed—1
Price
$7.5 million
Service delivery Quality—Assurance
Service providers deliver services to the standards agreed with FaCS
All service providers delivered services to agreed standards
Quality—Client rights and obligations
Number of reviews and appeals
Table 40: Reviews and appeals—Output Group 2.2
Payment type
|
Authorised Review Officers
|
Social Security Appeals Tribunal
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Administrative Appeals Tribunal
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Reviews finalised
|
Percentage changed
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Reviews finalised
|
Percentage changed
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Reviews finalised
|
Percentage changed
|
Low Income Health Care Card
|
12
|
8
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
Commonwealth Seniors Health Care Card
|
8
|
38
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Disaster Relief Payment
|
1
|
100
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Carer Allowance (child) Health Care
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Card only
|
5
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Health Care Card for Foster Children
|
3
|
33
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Remote Area Allowance
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Telephone Allowance
|
4
|
50
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Control of incorrect payment and fraud: savings in administered items arising from compliance activities
Control of incorrect payment and fraud with respect to Remote Area Allowance, Telephone Allowance and Pharmaceutical Allowance is included in the sections of this report dealing with the qualifying payments.
Price
$13.1 million—Centrelink
$0.06 million—Other
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