❓ Hon Ray Halligan asks the Minister for Child Protection about outstanding creditor payments and measures taken to expedite them. The Minister's response details reasons for payment delays and actions taken to improve processing.
AnsweredQoN 4539Legislative Council
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For each Department and Agency within the Minister’s portfolio, will the Minister provide from each Department and Agency financial system -
(1) The amount and number of creditors outstanding for greater than 120 days, as at 31 December 2006?
(2) What measures, if any, have been taken in the period between 1 July 2006 and 31 December 2006 to expedite payments to creditors?
(1) The amount and number of creditors outstanding for greater than 120 days, as at 31 December 2006?
(2) What measures, if any, have been taken in the period between 1 July 2006 and 31 December 2006 to expedite payments to creditors?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
1 May 2007
Responded by
Minister for Child Protection
Response time
42 days
(2) The Department makes every effort to pay creditors within 30 days, however there are circumstances under which this is not possible. Examples of circumstances that may result in delays and measures take to address these included: Accounts in Dispute - accounts are not approved for payment until any dispute is resolved. This may involve clarification of GST aspects, payee details, questions on goods/services provided and funding arrangements. In order to address this problem the Department corresponds or liaises with the other party to try and bring about a timely resolution. Payments for client support services - caseworkers receive invoices however due to the priority of their workload in some instances, payment of accounts is slow. Sometimes there are delays in payment where accounts are received by the department for payments that have not had a client funding plan in place. Over the past year additional staffing generally and extra team leaders to increase supervision and support is contributing to a greater capacity to process such payments.
Accounts in Dispute - accounts are not approved for payment until any dispute is resolved. This may involve clarification of GST aspects, payee details, questions on goods/services provided and funding arrangements. In order to address this problem the Department corresponds or liaises with the other party to try and bring about a timely resolution. Payments for client support services - caseworkers receive invoices however due to the priority of their workload in some instances, payment of accounts is slow. Sometimes there are delays in payment where accounts are received by the department for payments that have not had a client funding plan in place. Over the past year additional staffing generally and extra team leaders to increase supervision and support is contributing to a greater capacity to process such payments.
Payments for client support services - caseworkers receive invoices however due to the priority of their workload in some instances, payment of accounts is slow. Sometimes there are delays in payment where accounts are received by the department for payments that have not had a client funding plan in place. Over the past year additional staffing generally and extra team leaders to increase supervision and support is contributing to a greater capacity to process such payments.
Accounts in Dispute - accounts are not approved for payment until any dispute is resolved. This may involve clarification of GST aspects, payee details, questions on goods/services provided and funding arrangements. In order to address this problem the Department corresponds or liaises with the other party to try and bring about a timely resolution. Payments for client support services - caseworkers receive invoices however due to the priority of their workload in some instances, payment of accounts is slow. Sometimes there are delays in payment where accounts are received by the department for payments that have not had a client funding plan in place. Over the past year additional staffing generally and extra team leaders to increase supervision and support is contributing to a greater capacity to process such payments.
Payments for client support services - caseworkers receive invoices however due to the priority of their workload in some instances, payment of accounts is slow. Sometimes there are delays in payment where accounts are received by the department for payments that have not had a client funding plan in place. Over the past year additional staffing generally and extra team leaders to increase supervision and support is contributing to a greater capacity to process such payments.
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