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43rd Report: Estimates for the Department of the Senate 2006-0711 May 2006 © Commonwealth of Australia 2006 |
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The Standing Committee on Appropriations and Staffing, appointed under standing order 19, determines the amounts for inclusion in the parliamentary appropriation bills and reports to the Senate on its determinations prior to the Senate’s consideration of those bills.
The committee examines matters affecting the staffing and administration of the Department of the Senate, including proposals to vary the staffing structure, and other matters referred to it by the Senate. The committee makes an annual report to the Senate on the operations of the Senate’s appropriations and staffing and related matters (standing order 19(3)).
The committee has the explicit capacity to scrutinise security funding and administration and to advise the President and the Senate as appropriate. Under a resolution of the Senate agreed to in 1987 the committee also examines proposed changes in the structure and responsibilities of the parliamentary departments.
The committee is chaired by the President and includes the Senate Leaders of the Government and the Opposition as ex officio members.
Neil Bessell
Senate Table Office
Standing order 19 requires that the committee determine the amount to be included in the parliamentary appropriation bill for the Department of the Senate.
The committee notes that Department of the Senate’s 2006-07 appropriations have been calculated in accordance with current Commonwealth funding policy. Under this policy, the forward estimates reflect the loss of 1.25% efficiency dividend each year and, in the absence of funding for new policy proposals, only parameter adjustments (or partial cost of living supplementation) are possible.
The committee notes that administered annual appropriations will be reduced to nil, reflecting the transfer of the funding for the Citizenship Visits Program to the Department of Education, Science and Training.
The committee further notes that proposed appropriations have been calculated as follows: The current year’s budget for departmental expenses |
$19.618m |
Adjust for miscellaneous adjustments: parameter adjustments, efficiency dividend and depreciation expense |
0.446m |
| Total departmental appropriation | $20.064m |
The current year’s budget for administered expenses |
$0.768m |
| Subtract transfer of Citizenship Visits Program | ($0.768m) |
| Total administered appropriation | $0.000m |
2005-06: |
$1.574m $0.158m $11.864m $13.596m |
Add adjustment for estimated increases: |
$0.018m $0.006m $0.387m $0.411m |
2006-07: |
$1.592m $0.164m $12.251m $14.007m |
The total appropriation to be approved by the Parliament in the appropriation bill for 2006-07 will therefore be $20.064m (compared to $20.386m in 2005‑06). Special appropriations of $14.007m will also be drawn down during the year (compared to an estimate of $13.596m in 2005-06).
The committee determines that the total appropriation to be approved by the Parliament in the appropriation bill for 2006-07 is $20.064 million and reports to the Senate accordingly.
(Paul Calvert)
Chairman
May 2005
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