❓ Hon Ray Halligan asks about bad debts written off by departments and agencies under the Minister Assisting the Minister for Federal Affairs from 2001-2006. The response details write-offs for Corrective Services and the Office of Women's Policy, noting compliance with the Financial Administration and Audit Act.
AnsweredQoN 3848Legislative Council
Asked
22 August 2006
Member
Portfolio
Minister Assisting the Minister for Federal Affairs
QuestionView source ↗
For each Department and Agency under the Minister’s control, including the Ministerial Office, and understanding that the write-off process is covered by the
Financial Administration and Audit Act
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(1) What was the total amount of bad debts written off in each of the financial years -
(a) 2001-2002;
(b) 2002-2003;
(c) 2003-2004;
(d) 2004-2005; and
(e) 2005-2006?
(2) Were any of these debts above $10 000?
(3) If so, what is the name of the person or company owing the debt?
Financial Administration and Audit Act
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(1) What was the total amount of bad debts written off in each of the financial years -
(a) 2001-2002;
(b) 2002-2003;
(c) 2003-2004;
(d) 2004-2005; and
(e) 2005-2006?
(2) Were any of these debts above $10 000?
(3) If so, what is the name of the person or company owing the debt?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
18 October 2006
Responded by
Leader of the House representing the Minister Assisting the Minister for Federal Affairs
Response time
57 days
(b) 2002-2003; (c) 2003-2004; (d) 2004-2005; and (e) 2005-2006?
(c) 2003-2004; (d) 2004-2005; and (e) 2005-2006?
(d) 2004-2005; and (e) 2005-2006?
(e) 2005-2006?
Please refer to question on notice 3838. As the Member has stated, the write-off process is covered by the Financial Administration and Audit Act (FAAA). The FAAA has been in place since 1986 and similar provisions were in place in the Audit Act 1904. As a standard practice the agency would be expected to have taken all reasonable steps to recover and amend processes to avoid any recurrence prior to seeking approval to write-off. Compliance with the Financial Administration and Audit Act is audited annually by the Office of the Auditor General and any non compliance is reported to Parliament. Corrective Services: (1a-d) Nil, as the Department of Corrective Services only came into operation effective from 1 February 2006. Any bad debts for those periods have been included in the response for the Department of the Attorney General (formerly the Department of Justice). (1e) $2,315.22 (2) No (3) Not applicable Office of Women's Policy: (1a-e) Nil (2-3) Nil Other Agencies: The Department of Premier and Cabinet provide administrative support to the Office of Federal Affairs.
As the Member has stated, the write-off process is covered by the Financial Administration and Audit Act (FAAA). The FAAA has been in place since 1986 and similar provisions were in place in the Audit Act 1904. As a standard practice the agency would be expected to have taken all reasonable steps to recover and amend processes to avoid any recurrence prior to seeking approval to write-off. Compliance with the Financial Administration and Audit Act is audited annually by the Office of the Auditor General and any non compliance is reported to Parliament. Corrective Services: (1a-d) Nil, as the Department of Corrective Services only came into operation effective from 1 February 2006. Any bad debts for those periods have been included in the response for the Department of the Attorney General (formerly the Department of Justice). (1e) $2,315.22 (2) No (3) Not applicable Office of Women's Policy: (1a-e) Nil (2-3) Nil Other Agencies: The Department of Premier and Cabinet provide administrative support to the Office of Federal Affairs.
As a standard practice the agency would be expected to have taken all reasonable steps to recover and amend processes to avoid any recurrence prior to seeking approval to write-off. Compliance with the Financial Administration and Audit Act is audited annually by the Office of the Auditor General and any non compliance is reported to Parliament. Corrective Services: (1a-d) Nil, as the Department of Corrective Services only came into operation effective from 1 February 2006. Any bad debts for those periods have been included in the response for the Department of the Attorney General (formerly the Department of Justice). (1e) $2,315.22 (2) No (3) Not applicable Office of Women's Policy: (1a-e) Nil (2-3) Nil Other Agencies: The Department of Premier and Cabinet provide administrative support to the Office of Federal Affairs.
Compliance with the Financial Administration and Audit Act is audited annually by the Office of the Auditor General and any non compliance is reported to Parliament. Corrective Services: (1a-d) Nil, as the Department of Corrective Services only came into operation effective from 1 February 2006. Any bad debts for those periods have been included in the response for the Department of the Attorney General (formerly the Department of Justice). (1e) $2,315.22 (2) No (3) Not applicable Office of Women's Policy: (1a-e) Nil (2-3) Nil Other Agencies: The Department of Premier and Cabinet provide administrative support to the Office of Federal Affairs.
Corrective Services: (1a-d) Nil, as the Department of Corrective Services only came into operation effective from 1 February 2006. Any bad debts for those periods have been included in the response for the Department of the Attorney General (formerly the Department of Justice). (1e) $2,315.22 (2) No (3) Not applicable Office of Women's Policy: (1a-e) Nil (2-3) Nil Other Agencies: The Department of Premier and Cabinet provide administrative support to the Office of Federal Affairs.
(1a-d) Nil, as the Department of Corrective Services only came into operation effective from 1 February 2006. Any bad debts for those periods have been included in the response for the Department of the Attorney General (formerly the Department of Justice). (1e) $2,315.22 (2) No (3) Not applicable Office of Women's Policy: (1a-e) Nil (2-3) Nil Other Agencies: The Department of Premier and Cabinet provide administrative support to the Office of Federal Affairs.
(1e) $2,315.22 (2) No (3) Not applicable Office of Women's Policy: (1a-e) Nil (2-3) Nil Other Agencies: The Department of Premier and Cabinet provide administrative support to the Office of Federal Affairs.
(2) No (3) Not applicable Office of Women's Policy: (1a-e) Nil (2-3) Nil Other Agencies: The Department of Premier and Cabinet provide administrative support to the Office of Federal Affairs.
(3) Not applicable Office of Women's Policy: (1a-e) Nil (2-3) Nil Other Agencies: The Department of Premier and Cabinet provide administrative support to the Office of Federal Affairs.
Office of Women's Policy: (1a-e) Nil (2-3) Nil Other Agencies: The Department of Premier and Cabinet provide administrative support to the Office of Federal Affairs.
Office of Women's Policy: (1a-e) Nil (2-3) Nil Other Agencies: The Department of Premier and Cabinet provide administrative support to the Office of Federal Affairs.
(1a-e) Nil (2-3) Nil Other Agencies: The Department of Premier and Cabinet provide administrative support to the Office of Federal Affairs.
(2-3) Nil Other Agencies: The Department of Premier and Cabinet provide administrative support to the Office of Federal Affairs.
Other Agencies: The Department of Premier and Cabinet provide administrative support to the Office of Federal Affairs.
The Department of Premier and Cabinet provide administrative support to the Office of Federal Affairs.
(c) 2003-2004; (d) 2004-2005; and (e) 2005-2006?
(d) 2004-2005; and (e) 2005-2006?
(e) 2005-2006?
Please refer to question on notice 3838. As the Member has stated, the write-off process is covered by the Financial Administration and Audit Act (FAAA). The FAAA has been in place since 1986 and similar provisions were in place in the Audit Act 1904. As a standard practice the agency would be expected to have taken all reasonable steps to recover and amend processes to avoid any recurrence prior to seeking approval to write-off. Compliance with the Financial Administration and Audit Act is audited annually by the Office of the Auditor General and any non compliance is reported to Parliament. Corrective Services: (1a-d) Nil, as the Department of Corrective Services only came into operation effective from 1 February 2006. Any bad debts for those periods have been included in the response for the Department of the Attorney General (formerly the Department of Justice). (1e) $2,315.22 (2) No (3) Not applicable Office of Women's Policy: (1a-e) Nil (2-3) Nil Other Agencies: The Department of Premier and Cabinet provide administrative support to the Office of Federal Affairs.
As the Member has stated, the write-off process is covered by the Financial Administration and Audit Act (FAAA). The FAAA has been in place since 1986 and similar provisions were in place in the Audit Act 1904. As a standard practice the agency would be expected to have taken all reasonable steps to recover and amend processes to avoid any recurrence prior to seeking approval to write-off. Compliance with the Financial Administration and Audit Act is audited annually by the Office of the Auditor General and any non compliance is reported to Parliament. Corrective Services: (1a-d) Nil, as the Department of Corrective Services only came into operation effective from 1 February 2006. Any bad debts for those periods have been included in the response for the Department of the Attorney General (formerly the Department of Justice). (1e) $2,315.22 (2) No (3) Not applicable Office of Women's Policy: (1a-e) Nil (2-3) Nil Other Agencies: The Department of Premier and Cabinet provide administrative support to the Office of Federal Affairs.
As a standard practice the agency would be expected to have taken all reasonable steps to recover and amend processes to avoid any recurrence prior to seeking approval to write-off. Compliance with the Financial Administration and Audit Act is audited annually by the Office of the Auditor General and any non compliance is reported to Parliament. Corrective Services: (1a-d) Nil, as the Department of Corrective Services only came into operation effective from 1 February 2006. Any bad debts for those periods have been included in the response for the Department of the Attorney General (formerly the Department of Justice). (1e) $2,315.22 (2) No (3) Not applicable Office of Women's Policy: (1a-e) Nil (2-3) Nil Other Agencies: The Department of Premier and Cabinet provide administrative support to the Office of Federal Affairs.
Compliance with the Financial Administration and Audit Act is audited annually by the Office of the Auditor General and any non compliance is reported to Parliament. Corrective Services: (1a-d) Nil, as the Department of Corrective Services only came into operation effective from 1 February 2006. Any bad debts for those periods have been included in the response for the Department of the Attorney General (formerly the Department of Justice). (1e) $2,315.22 (2) No (3) Not applicable Office of Women's Policy: (1a-e) Nil (2-3) Nil Other Agencies: The Department of Premier and Cabinet provide administrative support to the Office of Federal Affairs.
Corrective Services: (1a-d) Nil, as the Department of Corrective Services only came into operation effective from 1 February 2006. Any bad debts for those periods have been included in the response for the Department of the Attorney General (formerly the Department of Justice). (1e) $2,315.22 (2) No (3) Not applicable Office of Women's Policy: (1a-e) Nil (2-3) Nil Other Agencies: The Department of Premier and Cabinet provide administrative support to the Office of Federal Affairs.
(1a-d) Nil, as the Department of Corrective Services only came into operation effective from 1 February 2006. Any bad debts for those periods have been included in the response for the Department of the Attorney General (formerly the Department of Justice). (1e) $2,315.22 (2) No (3) Not applicable Office of Women's Policy: (1a-e) Nil (2-3) Nil Other Agencies: The Department of Premier and Cabinet provide administrative support to the Office of Federal Affairs.
(1e) $2,315.22 (2) No (3) Not applicable Office of Women's Policy: (1a-e) Nil (2-3) Nil Other Agencies: The Department of Premier and Cabinet provide administrative support to the Office of Federal Affairs.
(2) No (3) Not applicable Office of Women's Policy: (1a-e) Nil (2-3) Nil Other Agencies: The Department of Premier and Cabinet provide administrative support to the Office of Federal Affairs.
(3) Not applicable Office of Women's Policy: (1a-e) Nil (2-3) Nil Other Agencies: The Department of Premier and Cabinet provide administrative support to the Office of Federal Affairs.
Office of Women's Policy: (1a-e) Nil (2-3) Nil Other Agencies: The Department of Premier and Cabinet provide administrative support to the Office of Federal Affairs.
Office of Women's Policy: (1a-e) Nil (2-3) Nil Other Agencies: The Department of Premier and Cabinet provide administrative support to the Office of Federal Affairs.
(1a-e) Nil (2-3) Nil Other Agencies: The Department of Premier and Cabinet provide administrative support to the Office of Federal Affairs.
(2-3) Nil Other Agencies: The Department of Premier and Cabinet provide administrative support to the Office of Federal Affairs.
Other Agencies: The Department of Premier and Cabinet provide administrative support to the Office of Federal Affairs.
The Department of Premier and Cabinet provide administrative support to the Office of Federal Affairs.
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