❓ Hon Helen Bullock asks about the Auditor General's report on the Department of Agriculture and Food projects, specifically regarding the lack of evaluation plans. Hon Donna Faragher responds that details of specific projects are unavailable but the department is following up on the report.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD PROJECTS — AUDITOR GENERAL’S REPORT
Thanks, Mr President, for remembering me. I refer to page 42 of the Auditor General’s “Third Public Sector Performance Report 2009”, where it mentions that 98 per cent of the projects reviewed do not have an evaluation plan. (1) What projects did the Auditor General review? (2) Which of these did not have an evaluation plan? (3) Who was responsible for those particular projects; and, what was the dollar value of them? Hon DONNA FARAGHER
Thanks, Mr President, for remembering me. I refer to page 42 of the Auditor General’s “Third Public Sector Performance Report 2009”, where it mentions that 98 per cent of the projects reviewed do not have an evaluation plan. (1) What projects did the Auditor General review? (2) Which of these did not have an evaluation plan? (3) Who was responsible for those particular projects; and, what was the dollar value of them? Hon DONNA FARAGHER
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the responsible minister, I provide the following responses — (1) The Office of the Auditor General advised that it randomly selected 47 projects from a total of 104 projects across the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia. (2) The Office of the Auditor General concluded that 46 of the 47 selected projects did not have an evaluation plan; however, 40 per cent of these projects had progress reports, and 11 per cent were evaluated against the project outcomes. (3) Details cannot be supplied as the specific projects selected by the Office of the Auditor General were not provided. The department is following up the Office of the Auditor General report, including details of the analysis for specific projects.
(1) What projects did the Auditor General review? (2) Which of these did not have an evaluation plan? (3) Who was responsible for those particular projects; and, what was the dollar value of them? Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the responsible minister, I provide the following responses — (1) The Office of the Auditor General advised that it randomly selected 47 projects from a total of 104 projects across the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia. (2) The Office of the Auditor General concluded that 46 of the 47 selected projects did not have an evaluation plan; however, 40 per cent of these projects had progress reports, and 11 per cent were evaluated against the project outcomes. (3) Details cannot be supplied as the specific projects selected by the Office of the Auditor General were not provided. The department is following up the Office of the Auditor General report, including details of the analysis for specific projects.
(2) Which of these did not have an evaluation plan? (3) Who was responsible for those particular projects; and, what was the dollar value of them? Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the responsible minister, I provide the following responses — (1) The Office of the Auditor General advised that it randomly selected 47 projects from a total of 104 projects across the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia. (2) The Office of the Auditor General concluded that 46 of the 47 selected projects did not have an evaluation plan; however, 40 per cent of these projects had progress reports, and 11 per cent were evaluated against the project outcomes. (3) Details cannot be supplied as the specific projects selected by the Office of the Auditor General were not provided. The department is following up the Office of the Auditor General report, including details of the analysis for specific projects.
(3) Who was responsible for those particular projects; and, what was the dollar value of them? Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the responsible minister, I provide the following responses — (1) The Office of the Auditor General advised that it randomly selected 47 projects from a total of 104 projects across the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia. (2) The Office of the Auditor General concluded that 46 of the 47 selected projects did not have an evaluation plan; however, 40 per cent of these projects had progress reports, and 11 per cent were evaluated against the project outcomes. (3) Details cannot be supplied as the specific projects selected by the Office of the Auditor General were not provided. The department is following up the Office of the Auditor General report, including details of the analysis for specific projects.
Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the responsible minister, I provide the following responses — (1) The Office of the Auditor General advised that it randomly selected 47 projects from a total of 104 projects across the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia. (2) The Office of the Auditor General concluded that 46 of the 47 selected projects did not have an evaluation plan; however, 40 per cent of these projects had progress reports, and 11 per cent were evaluated against the project outcomes. (3) Details cannot be supplied as the specific projects selected by the Office of the Auditor General were not provided. The department is following up the Office of the Auditor General report, including details of the analysis for specific projects.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the responsible minister, I provide the following responses — (1) The Office of the Auditor General advised that it randomly selected 47 projects from a total of 104 projects across the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia. (2) The Office of the Auditor General concluded that 46 of the 47 selected projects did not have an evaluation plan; however, 40 per cent of these projects had progress reports, and 11 per cent were evaluated against the project outcomes. (3) Details cannot be supplied as the specific projects selected by the Office of the Auditor General were not provided. The department is following up the Office of the Auditor General report, including details of the analysis for specific projects.
(1) The Office of the Auditor General advised that it randomly selected 47 projects from a total of 104 projects across the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia. (2) The Office of the Auditor General concluded that 46 of the 47 selected projects did not have an evaluation plan; however, 40 per cent of these projects had progress reports, and 11 per cent were evaluated against the project outcomes. (3) Details cannot be supplied as the specific projects selected by the Office of the Auditor General were not provided. The department is following up the Office of the Auditor General report, including details of the analysis for specific projects.
(2) The Office of the Auditor General concluded that 46 of the 47 selected projects did not have an evaluation plan; however, 40 per cent of these projects had progress reports, and 11 per cent were evaluated against the project outcomes. (3) Details cannot be supplied as the specific projects selected by the Office of the Auditor General were not provided. The department is following up the Office of the Auditor General report, including details of the analysis for specific projects.
(3) Details cannot be supplied as the specific projects selected by the Office of the Auditor General were not provided. The department is following up the Office of the Auditor General report, including details of the analysis for specific projects.
(1) What projects did the Auditor General review? (2) Which of these did not have an evaluation plan? (3) Who was responsible for those particular projects; and, what was the dollar value of them? Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the responsible minister, I provide the following responses — (1) The Office of the Auditor General advised that it randomly selected 47 projects from a total of 104 projects across the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia. (2) The Office of the Auditor General concluded that 46 of the 47 selected projects did not have an evaluation plan; however, 40 per cent of these projects had progress reports, and 11 per cent were evaluated against the project outcomes. (3) Details cannot be supplied as the specific projects selected by the Office of the Auditor General were not provided. The department is following up the Office of the Auditor General report, including details of the analysis for specific projects.
(2) Which of these did not have an evaluation plan? (3) Who was responsible for those particular projects; and, what was the dollar value of them? Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the responsible minister, I provide the following responses — (1) The Office of the Auditor General advised that it randomly selected 47 projects from a total of 104 projects across the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia. (2) The Office of the Auditor General concluded that 46 of the 47 selected projects did not have an evaluation plan; however, 40 per cent of these projects had progress reports, and 11 per cent were evaluated against the project outcomes. (3) Details cannot be supplied as the specific projects selected by the Office of the Auditor General were not provided. The department is following up the Office of the Auditor General report, including details of the analysis for specific projects.
(3) Who was responsible for those particular projects; and, what was the dollar value of them? Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the responsible minister, I provide the following responses — (1) The Office of the Auditor General advised that it randomly selected 47 projects from a total of 104 projects across the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia. (2) The Office of the Auditor General concluded that 46 of the 47 selected projects did not have an evaluation plan; however, 40 per cent of these projects had progress reports, and 11 per cent were evaluated against the project outcomes. (3) Details cannot be supplied as the specific projects selected by the Office of the Auditor General were not provided. The department is following up the Office of the Auditor General report, including details of the analysis for specific projects.
Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the responsible minister, I provide the following responses — (1) The Office of the Auditor General advised that it randomly selected 47 projects from a total of 104 projects across the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia. (2) The Office of the Auditor General concluded that 46 of the 47 selected projects did not have an evaluation plan; however, 40 per cent of these projects had progress reports, and 11 per cent were evaluated against the project outcomes. (3) Details cannot be supplied as the specific projects selected by the Office of the Auditor General were not provided. The department is following up the Office of the Auditor General report, including details of the analysis for specific projects.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the responsible minister, I provide the following responses — (1) The Office of the Auditor General advised that it randomly selected 47 projects from a total of 104 projects across the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia. (2) The Office of the Auditor General concluded that 46 of the 47 selected projects did not have an evaluation plan; however, 40 per cent of these projects had progress reports, and 11 per cent were evaluated against the project outcomes. (3) Details cannot be supplied as the specific projects selected by the Office of the Auditor General were not provided. The department is following up the Office of the Auditor General report, including details of the analysis for specific projects.
(1) The Office of the Auditor General advised that it randomly selected 47 projects from a total of 104 projects across the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia. (2) The Office of the Auditor General concluded that 46 of the 47 selected projects did not have an evaluation plan; however, 40 per cent of these projects had progress reports, and 11 per cent were evaluated against the project outcomes. (3) Details cannot be supplied as the specific projects selected by the Office of the Auditor General were not provided. The department is following up the Office of the Auditor General report, including details of the analysis for specific projects.
(2) The Office of the Auditor General concluded that 46 of the 47 selected projects did not have an evaluation plan; however, 40 per cent of these projects had progress reports, and 11 per cent were evaluated against the project outcomes. (3) Details cannot be supplied as the specific projects selected by the Office of the Auditor General were not provided. The department is following up the Office of the Auditor General report, including details of the analysis for specific projects.
(3) Details cannot be supplied as the specific projects selected by the Office of the Auditor General were not provided. The department is following up the Office of the Auditor General report, including details of the analysis for specific projects.
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