❓ Mr. Krsticevic inquires about the Department of Communities' staff salary budget and actual expenditure over the past four years. The Department provides the requested data, including a comparative figure for the year prior to its establishment.
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I refer to the Department of Communities and ask, for each of the past four years: (a) What was the budgeted cost for staff salaries; (b) What was the actual cost of staff salaries; and (c) What was the percentage growth (or decline) in salary expenditure?
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Answered
15 September 2020
Responded by
Minister for Community Services
Response time
9 days
(a) – (c) The Department of Communities was established on 1 July 2017. The budget and actual salaries cost for 2016-17 in the table below has been provided for comparative purposes only and represents combined data from the former Department of Child Protection and Family Support, the Housing Authority, the Disability Services Commission and components of the former Department for Local Government and Communities.
2016-17
$’000
2017-18
$’000
2018-19
$’000
2019-20
$’000
Budgeted salaries cost
521,494
576,502
519,285
581,280
Actual salaries cost
520,259
572,179
538,427
579,719 1
Percentage change in actual salaries cost
-
+10%
-6%
+8%
1 The 2019-20 Actuals for Department of Communities are yet to be finalised. Actual expenditure to 30 June 2020 is accurate as at 26 August 2020 using preliminary results for 2019-20.
2016-17
$’000
2017-18
$’000
2018-19
$’000
2019-20
$’000
Budgeted salaries cost
521,494
576,502
519,285
581,280
Actual salaries cost
520,259
572,179
538,427
579,719 1
Percentage change in actual salaries cost
-
+10%
-6%
+8%
1 The 2019-20 Actuals for Department of Communities are yet to be finalised. Actual expenditure to 30 June 2020 is accurate as at 26 August 2020 using preliminary results for 2019-20.
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