❓ A parliamentary question regarding the quality and timeliness of financial reporting by agencies under the Minister's portfolio, prompted by an Auditor General's report. The Minister clarifies that the agencies in question were not under their portfolio.
AnsweredQoN 3285Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
I refer to the WA Auditor General Audit Results Report Annual 2009-10 Assurance Audits Report 10 Nov 2010, in section five ‘Quality and Timeliness of Financial Reporting’ on page 30 where it refers to too many Agencies providing documents of unsatisfactory quality, causing audit costs to rise, often significantly, which can delay the issuing of the opinion and the tabling of the annual report, and I ask -
(1) What are the Agencies under the Minister’s portfolio that the audit is referring to?
(2) Have any Annual Reports of these agencies been delayed because of the unsatisfactory quality of their documents for audit?
(3) What action has been taken to ensure these Agencies are able to improve their financial statements for audit?
(4) Can the Minister give an assurance that these Agencies will implement better quality control processes to improve the material they submit in time for the next audit?
(5) If no to (4), why not?
(1) What are the Agencies under the Minister’s portfolio that the audit is referring to?
(2) Have any Annual Reports of these agencies been delayed because of the unsatisfactory quality of their documents for audit?
(3) What action has been taken to ensure these Agencies are able to improve their financial statements for audit?
(4) Can the Minister give an assurance that these Agencies will implement better quality control processes to improve the material they submit in time for the next audit?
(5) If no to (4), why not?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
21 March 2011
Responded by
Minister for Training and Workforce Development
Response time
34 days
Training and Workforce Development
(1) The audit is not referring to the Department of Training and Workforce Development. The Department received the highest timeliness rating from the Office of the Auditor General (OAG). Financial statements were audit ready on
19 July 2010, and submitted as per the agreed date with OAG. State Training Providers operate on a calendar year with a reporting date of 31 March. As such, State Training Providers were not included in this audit.
(2) No.
(3) Not applicable.
(4) Not applicable.
(5) Not applicable.
Department of Education Services
(1) The Department of Education Services is not one of the Agencies under the Minister's portfolio that the audit is referring to.
(2) No
(3) Not applicable.
(4) Not applicable.
(5) Not applicable.
Construction Training Fund
(1) The Building and Construction Industry Training Board was listed in the Auditor General's report as one of the better practice agencies that prodcuced quality and timely financial statements and is not one of the agencies producing unsatisfactory documents.
(2) Not applicable
(3) Not applicable
(4) Not applicable
(5) Not applicable
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(1) The audit is not referring to the Department of Training and Workforce Development. The Department received the highest timeliness rating from the Office of the Auditor General (OAG). Financial statements were audit ready on
19 July 2010, and submitted as per the agreed date with OAG. State Training Providers operate on a calendar year with a reporting date of 31 March. As such, State Training Providers were not included in this audit.
(2) No.
(3) Not applicable.
(4) Not applicable.
(5) Not applicable.
Department of Education Services
(1) The Department of Education Services is not one of the Agencies under the Minister's portfolio that the audit is referring to.
(2) No
(3) Not applicable.
(4) Not applicable.
(5) Not applicable.
Construction Training Fund
(1) The Building and Construction Industry Training Board was listed in the Auditor General's report as one of the better practice agencies that prodcuced quality and timely financial statements and is not one of the agencies producing unsatisfactory documents.
(2) Not applicable
(3) Not applicable
(4) Not applicable
(5) Not applicable
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