Annual Report 2002–03 Volume I



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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

Administrative Appeals Tribunal

Reviews finalised

Percentage changed

Reviews finalised

Percentage changed

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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