❓ A parliamentary question regarding the Water Corporation's delay in tabling its Statement of Corporate Intent (SCI) for 2010-2011, attributing the delay to budget agreement issues with the Department of Treasury and Finance (DTF).
AnsweredQoN 3272Legislative Council
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I refer to the WA Auditor General Audit Results Report Annual 2009-10 Assurance Audits Report 10 Nov 2010, and in particular to pages 26 and 27, where they refer to annual Statements of Corporate Intent (SCI). The Report states that fifteen of the twenty two Agencies have not tabled SCIs for 2010-2011 and that, ‘Widespread non-compliance with legislative requirement to table annual statements of Corporate Intent continues’. As the Water Corporation is listed as one of the Agencies where a SCI has not been tabled, I ask -
(1) What is the reason for the delay in tabling this SCI?
(2) What is being done to ensure there will be no delay in future in tabling this SCI?
(1) What is the reason for the delay in tabling this SCI?
(2) What is being done to ensure there will be no delay in future in tabling this SCI?
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Answered
21 March 2011
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Water
Response time
34 days
The Minister for Water has provided the following response:
(1) The issues that kept the Statement of Corporate Intent from being finalised within the required timetable were associated with agreeing to the Water Corporation's Operating Budget with the Department of Treasury and Finance (DTF) and the Government.
For 2010/2011, issues associated with agreeing to the Water Corporation's Operating Budget were not resolved until the DTF had the opportunity to undertake a detailed review of several items. The Economic Reform and Expenditure Review Committee approved the required changes on 29 September 2010, with Cabinet approval following on 11 October 2010. The 2010 Statement of Corporate Intent was then finalised.
(2) There were some changes to the 2010/2011 State budget process that resulted in a delay in the DTF review for that year. The process has been reviewed to avoid similar delays in future years.
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(1) The issues that kept the Statement of Corporate Intent from being finalised within the required timetable were associated with agreeing to the Water Corporation's Operating Budget with the Department of Treasury and Finance (DTF) and the Government.
For 2010/2011, issues associated with agreeing to the Water Corporation's Operating Budget were not resolved until the DTF had the opportunity to undertake a detailed review of several items. The Economic Reform and Expenditure Review Committee approved the required changes on 29 September 2010, with Cabinet approval following on 11 October 2010. The 2010 Statement of Corporate Intent was then finalised.
(2) There were some changes to the 2010/2011 State budget process that resulted in a delay in the DTF review for that year. The process has been reviewed to avoid similar delays in future years.
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