Outcome:	1. Environment		Question No: 16 - 17
Division/Agency:	Industry, Communities and Energy Division
Topic:	Greenhouse program spending
Hansard Page ECITA:	Written Question on Notice	

Senator Carr asked:
Can you confirm there was a 42% underspend in greenhouse programs by the Federal Government in 1998-99?

Can you confirm there was a 65% underspend in greenhouse programs in 2000-2001?

Can you confirm there was a 64% underspend in greenhouse programs in 2001-2002? 

Answer/s:
The spending outcome for 1998-99 was 53% below the original budget. However, $12.3m was rephased to the forward years to preserve funding levels for the Government’s greenhouse programmes. The 1998-99 budget underspend is reflective of delays in implementing some of the Government’s major greenhouse measures.

The spending outcome for 2000-01 was 65% below the original budget. However, $140m was rephased to the forward years to preserve funding levels for the Government’s greenhouse programmes. The 2000-01 budget underspend is reflective of delays in implementing some of the Government’s major greenhouse measures.

The spending outcome for 2001-02 was 64% below the original budget. However, $134m was rephased to the forward years to preserve funding levels for the Government’s greenhouse programmes. The 2001-02 budget underspend is reflective of delays in implementing some of the Government’s major greenhouse measures.

Outcome:	1. Environment			Question No:  18
Division/Agency:	Industry, Communities and Energy Division
Topic:	Greenhouse program spending
Hansard Page ECITA:	Written Question on Notice	

Senator Carr asked:
Can you confirm that between 1998 and 2006, there has been a 36% underspend in greenhouse programs by the Federal Government?

Answer/s:
For the period 1998 to 2006, Australian Greenhouse Office programme funding was underspent by 36%. The unexpended funds were re-allocated to future climate change related programmes.

Outcome:	1. Environment		Question No:  19-22
Division/Agency:	Industry, Communities and Energy Division
Topic:	Greenhouse program spending
Hansard Page ECITA:	Written Question on Notice
	
Senator Carr asked:
(19) For the Australian Greenhouse Office and any other climate change programs in the Department, provide the projected uncommitted Commonwealth financial contribution for administered and departmental items for 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009‑10 and the amounts spent for administered and departmental items for 2002-03, 2003-04 and 2004-05.

(20) List all programs that go to make up the Australian Greenhouse Office in the 2006-07 Portfolio Budget Statement. List all other climate change programs administered by the Department.

(21) For each of those programs in (20) what are the most recent estimates of program spending or revenue 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09 and what were the outcomes for each in 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06?

(22) For each of those programs in (19) what are the dollar amounts for 2005-06, 2006‑07, 2007-08 and 2008-09 that are obligated or otherwise forward committed, contractually or otherwise?

Answer/s:
(19) The current level of contractual commitments ($m) for climate change programs administered by the Department are:

	2006-07*	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	
Administered					
Budget/Forward Estimate 	   159.4 	     153.4 	     140.3 	       90.7 	
Commitments	62.8	          30.5 	       19.1 	         7.3 	
Uncommitted **	    96.6 	     122.9 	     121.2 	       83.4 	
					
Departmental					
Budget/Forward Estimate	     46.4 	       48.1 	         6.0 	         4.5 	
Commitments	     25.5 	         6.1 	         0.9 	          -   	
Uncommitted 	     20.9 	       42.0 	         5.1 	         4.5	
			
* 2006-07 Commitments include YTD Actuals.
** A significant proportion of the uncommitted funding is currently under Funding Agreement negotiation following the recent Government announcements of successful projects.
				
The amounts spent ($m) for administered and departmental items for 2002-03, 
2003-04 and 2004-05 are:
2002-03	2003-04	2004-05
Administered			25.6		24.3		58.5
Departmental 		66.9		84.5		51.8
Total 		  		92.5		108.8		110.3

(20) Climate change programs that go to make up the Australian Greenhouse Office in the 2006-07 Portfolio Budget Statement are:
•	Low Emission Technology and Abatement
•	Industry Partnerships - Challenge Plus	 
•	Local Greenhouse Action	 
•	Action on Energy Efficiency	 
•	Strategic National Response	 
•	Low Emission Technology Demonstration Fund	 
•	Solar Cities	 
•	Wind Forecasting Capability 	 
•	Advanced Electricity Storage	 
•	Renewable Energy Commercialisation Program
•	Alternative Fuels Conversion Program 	 
•	Photovoltaic Rebate Program 	 
•	Renewable Remote Power Generation Program
•	Renewable Energy Equity Fund 	 
•	Greenhouse Gas Abatement Program 	 
•	Greenhouse Action to Enhance Sustainability in Regional Aust
•	Emissions Measurement and Analysis	 
•	Climate Change Science Program	 
•	National Climate Change Adaptation Program
•	Influencing International Climate Change Policy

All other climate change programs administered by the Department:
•	Ozone Protection & Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Program. This program has climate change implications, although it is categorised under Output 1.5 Impacts of Human Settlements, as it includes the management of Synthetic Greenhouse Gases.

(21) Please refer to the following table.

Outcome $m			Budget/Fwd Estimate $m

Programme/Activity Centre Name	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Low Emission Technology and Abatement	          -   	          -   	         1.1 	         3.4 	       10.7 	         8.9 	         8.2 
Industry Partnerships - Challenge Plus	          -   	          -   	         7.5 	         5.1 	         6.8 	         8.2 	          -   
Local Greenhouse Action	          -   	          -   	           4.0 	         3.3 	         3.2 	         3.8 	          -   
Action on Energy Efficiency	          -   	          -   	         7.8 	         8.7 	         7.2 	         7.6 	          -   
Strategic National Response	          -   	          -   	         3.3 	         2.6 	         4.5 	         3.2 	          -   
Low Emission Technology Demonstration Fund	          -   	          -   	         1.0 	         1.6 	       52.0 	       51.8 	       72.2 
Solar Cities	          -   	          -   	         1.4 	         2.4 	       21.5 	       29.3 	       19.3 
Wind Forecasting Capability 	          -   	          -   	         1.2 	         4.9 	         3.8 	         3.6 	         1.3 
Advanced Electricity Storage	          -   	          -   	         0.0 	         0.3 	         4.9 	         5.9 	         9.2 
Renewable Energy Commercialisation Program	       11.8 	       10.9 	         3.2 	         2.4 	         1.7 	          -   	          -   
Alternative Fuels Conversion Program 	         6.8 	         4.8 	         3.3 	         1.0 	         3.6 	         1.0 	          -   
Photovoltaic Rebate Program 	         7.6 	         4.1 	         5.3 	         4.8 	         6.5 	          -   	          -   
Renewable Remote Power Generation Program	       20.2 	       23.4 	       22.5 	       29.3 	       28.8 	       27.0 	       23.1 
Renewable Energy Equity Fund 	         2.5 	         4.0 	         0.4 	         1.6 	         0.1 	         0.1 	          -   
Greenhouse Gas Abatement Program 	       24.3 	       55.8 	       15.6 	       14.1 	       21.9 	       20.3 	       12.9 
Greenhouse Action to Enhance Sustainability in Regional Aust	          -   	          -   	         5.3 	         5.2 	         5.1 	         5.2 	          -   
Emissions Measurement and Analysis	          -   	          -   	         8.5 	         7.5 	         6.1 	         7.4 	          -   
Climate Change Science Program	          -   	          -   	         6.6 	         6.6 	         8.4 	         8.5 	          -   
National Climate Change Adaptation Program	          -   	          -   	         2.3 	         3.7 	         3.7 	         4.3 	          -   
Influencing International Climate Change Policy	          -   	          -   	         4.2 	         3.5 	         5.4 	         5.5 	          -   
Prior Year Outcomes not aligned with 2006-07 programs	       19.3 	         5.9 	         5.5 	          -   	          -   	          -   	          -   
Total	       92.5 	     108.8 	     110.3 	     111.7 	     205.8 	     201.5 	     146.2 

(22) Please refer to the answer for Question 19, above.

Outcome:	1. Environment			Question No:  23
Division/Agency:	Industry, Communities and Energy Division
Topic:	Greenhouse program spending
Hansard Page ECITA:	Written Question on Notice

Senator Stephens asked:
Questions go to the AGO funding following revelations that the AGO has underspent its Budget by $362 million over 8 years.
a) Over each year of the last 8 financial years, what funding was allocated to the AGO?
b) During each of those years, has the appropriation been fully expended?
c) If not, what happened to the underspent funds?
d) Have funds been transferred from AGO?
e) If so, where have the funds been transferred? And how much?

Answer/s:
(a) Please refer to the attached table, showing the funding allocated for each of the financial years from 1998-99 to 2005-06.
(b) No. 
(c) Any unspent funds have been re-allocated to future financial years to maintain the Government’s commitment to greenhouse related programmes.
(d) Yes.
(e) Funding of $3.6m per year has been moved to another Division of DEH for the management of synthetic greenhouse gases, to reflect administrative arrangement for this activity. This funding continues to be used for climate change purposes.

Response to Climate Change Funding 1998 - 2006								
	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	Total	
	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	
Budgeted expenditure (PBS)	   43,625 	        57,022 	      230,320 	       227,552 	      111,642 	        124,407 	        116,564 	        139,418 	 1,050,550 	
Additional Estimates (PAES)	   43,625 	        57,022 	      232,162 	       228,381 	      114,690 	        128,001 	        116,564 	        134,281 	 1,054,726