❓ WA Treasurer provides details on purchasing card usage across departments and agencies for the 2019-2020 financial year, but declines to provide a detailed breakdown of purchase categories due to resource constraints.
AnsweredQoN 113Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
For each department and agency within the Minister's portfolio, could the Minister please provide information for the financial year 2019-2020, concerning the use of purchasing cards (including debit and credit cards) including: (a) how many cards were issued to staff; (b) what expenditure and transaction limits applied to the use of those cards; (c) the total dollar value of transactions made via those cards; (d) the total number of transactions made via those cards; and (e) a breakdown of the categories of goods and services purchased via those cards?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
15 June 2021
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health representing the Treasurer
Response time
6 days
(a – d)
Department of Treasury
(a) 42
(b) All cards had a transaction limit of $5,000, except for one staff member who had a transaction limit of $2,500. Expenditure limits varied, as per the table below:
Expenditure Limit
Number of Staff
$2,500
1
$5,000
10
$7,000
2
$10,000
19
$20,000
9
$40,000
1
(c) The total dollar value of the transactions made was $342,948.
(d) The total number of transactions made was 1,021.
Note: the 2019-20 information provided in the response reflects the Department of Treasury prior to the transition of the former Public Utilities Office and Energy Transformation Implementation Unit to Energy Policy WA on 5 September 2019.
Fire and Emergency Services Superannuation Board
(a) 1
(b) $2,000
(c) $96
(d) 1
Government Employees Superannuation Board
(a) 23
(b) Expenditure Limits; 4 x $2 000, 5 x $2 500, 6 x $10 000, 7 x $15 000, 1 x $20 000.
(c) $294,803
(d) 1262
Insurance Commission of Western Australia
(a) 14
(b) $5,000 – 9 cards, $10,000 – 4 cards, $25,000 – 1 card
(c) $127,521.57
(d) 530
Western Australian Treasury Corporation
(a) 12
(b) Card A $5,000, Card B $5,000, Card C $5,000, Card D $2,000, Card E $80,000, Card F $40,000, Card G $10,000, Card H $5,000, Card I $10,000, Card J $10,000, Card K $2,000, Card L $2,000
(c) $311,688
(d) 695
Economic Regulation Authority
(a) 13
(b) Expenditure Limits; $5,000 – 5 employees, $10,000 – 4 employees, $30,000 – 4 employees. Transaction limits have not been set, but staff, where possible, are to make purchases of no more than $5,000/transaction.
(c) $369,198.76 including GST.
(d) 647
Office of the Auditor General
(a) 23
(b)
Number of cards
Expenditure Limit
Transaction Limit
2
$1.00*
$1.00*
1
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
6
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
8
$10,000.00
$10,000.00
2
$15,000.00
$15,000.00
3
$20,000.00
$20,000.00
1
$50,000.00
$50,000.00
* Under our Purchasing Card Policy, staff who hold a corporate credit card and who go on extended annual or long service leave, or secondment, (exceeding 4 weeks) are required to return their card to the Manager of Finance. The Finance Officer will ensure a $1 transaction limit is imposed on these cards.
(c) $430,724.21 is the total value of the initial transactions. However, we were credited back $18,407.93 for refunds or cancelled purchases.
(d) 706
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
(e) This detailed information would require considerable time, which would divert staff away from their normal duties and it is not considered to be a reasonable or appropriate use of government resources to provide this information.
If the member has a more specific query, I will endeavour to provide a reply.
Department of Treasury
(a) 42
(b) All cards had a transaction limit of $5,000, except for one staff member who had a transaction limit of $2,500. Expenditure limits varied, as per the table below:
Expenditure Limit
Number of Staff
$2,500
1
$5,000
10
$7,000
2
$10,000
19
$20,000
9
$40,000
1
(c) The total dollar value of the transactions made was $342,948.
(d) The total number of transactions made was 1,021.
Note: the 2019-20 information provided in the response reflects the Department of Treasury prior to the transition of the former Public Utilities Office and Energy Transformation Implementation Unit to Energy Policy WA on 5 September 2019.
Fire and Emergency Services Superannuation Board
(a) 1
(b) $2,000
(c) $96
(d) 1
Government Employees Superannuation Board
(a) 23
(b) Expenditure Limits; 4 x $2 000, 5 x $2 500, 6 x $10 000, 7 x $15 000, 1 x $20 000.
(c) $294,803
(d) 1262
Insurance Commission of Western Australia
(a) 14
(b) $5,000 – 9 cards, $10,000 – 4 cards, $25,000 – 1 card
(c) $127,521.57
(d) 530
Western Australian Treasury Corporation
(a) 12
(b) Card A $5,000, Card B $5,000, Card C $5,000, Card D $2,000, Card E $80,000, Card F $40,000, Card G $10,000, Card H $5,000, Card I $10,000, Card J $10,000, Card K $2,000, Card L $2,000
(c) $311,688
(d) 695
Economic Regulation Authority
(a) 13
(b) Expenditure Limits; $5,000 – 5 employees, $10,000 – 4 employees, $30,000 – 4 employees. Transaction limits have not been set, but staff, where possible, are to make purchases of no more than $5,000/transaction.
(c) $369,198.76 including GST.
(d) 647
Office of the Auditor General
(a) 23
(b)
Number of cards
Expenditure Limit
Transaction Limit
2
$1.00*
$1.00*
1
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
6
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
8
$10,000.00
$10,000.00
2
$15,000.00
$15,000.00
3
$20,000.00
$20,000.00
1
$50,000.00
$50,000.00
* Under our Purchasing Card Policy, staff who hold a corporate credit card and who go on extended annual or long service leave, or secondment, (exceeding 4 weeks) are required to return their card to the Manager of Finance. The Finance Officer will ensure a $1 transaction limit is imposed on these cards.
(c) $430,724.21 is the total value of the initial transactions. However, we were credited back $18,407.93 for refunds or cancelled purchases.
(d) 706
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
(e) This detailed information would require considerable time, which would divert staff away from their normal duties and it is not considered to be a reasonable or appropriate use of government resources to provide this information.
If the member has a more specific query, I will endeavour to provide a reply.
Explore WA Government Data
Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.
Explore more
Government Gazette
Appointments, regulatory notices, planning changes.
Hansard
Debates, questions, speeches and sentiment.
Tabled Papers
Reports and documents tabled in Parliament.
Committees
Committee profiles and recent reports.
Regulations
Subsidiary legislation with filters and summaries.
Bills
Proposed laws and parliamentary progress.
Acts
Current WA legislation and summaries.
Explanatory Memoranda
Bills with EMs (text/PDF) available.
Members
MP profiles, party breakdown and rankings.
Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.