❓ Hon Norman Moore asks about cash funding for future employee costs, unallocated capital works, and global allowances in the WA budget. The Treasurer provides details on handling the 27-pay-period in 2004/05 and clarifies the status of unallocated capital works and global allowances.
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(1) Has Treasury provided cash funding to any agency for future employee costs for the year 2004-05, funding which is to be held as cash reserves through the next two years?
(2) Is there a ‘global unallocated capital works’ item in the budget?
(3) If there is such an item, where precisely, in the budget, is the item shown?
(4) Would the Treasurer provide a list of any specific expenditure items to be covered from the global unallocated capital works budget?
(5) Does the budget contain funding for a global allowance?
(6) If there is funding for a global allowance, where precisely in the budget is it located?
(7) If there is funding for a global allowance, has any such funding been allocated for particular projects or programs?
(8) If yes to the above, provide a list showing projects/programs to receive such funding and how much?
(2) Is there a ‘global unallocated capital works’ item in the budget?
(3) If there is such an item, where precisely, in the budget, is the item shown?
(4) Would the Treasurer provide a list of any specific expenditure items to be covered from the global unallocated capital works budget?
(5) Does the budget contain funding for a global allowance?
(6) If there is funding for a global allowance, where precisely in the budget is it located?
(7) If there is funding for a global allowance, has any such funding been allocated for particular projects or programs?
(8) If yes to the above, provide a list showing projects/programs to receive such funding and how much?
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Answered
12 December 2001
Responded by
Minister for Racing and Gaming representing the Treasurer
Response time
29 days
In 2004/05 there will be 27 public sector fortnightly pays, compared with the usual 26 pays per financial year. The additional fortnightly pay occurs approximately every ten years. In order to properly account for this occurrence, each government agency has received, as part of its budget, sufficient cash funding to meet the cost of approximately 26.1 pays each year. The process for dealing with this additional funding is different for departments and statutory authorities. Statutory authorities have the legislative power to retain these funds in their trust account as a cash reserve that is set aside to meet the emerging liability in 2004/05. Departments have been required to remit, to a Treasury Trust Account in June of each financial year, sufficient funds to ensure that they are able to meet their obligation when it arises. During 2004/05, Treasury will transfer the level of funds held by each department back into their operating accounts, to enable the departments to meet the cost of the extra pay, without the need to seek additional funding from government. This process ensures that from an overall government perspective, the level of employee costs is not subjected to an abnormal cash spike every ten years. (2) No, there is not a global unallocated capital works item in the 2001/02 budget. However, there are global provisions for capital works in the forward estimates for 2003/04 and 2004/05 published within the budget papers. (3) The unallocated capital works provisions in the forward estimates are included under the heading "Equity Injections" on page 169 of the 2001/02 Budget Statements Volume 1. (4) Yes. See (7) and (8) (5) & (6) See (3). (7) & (8) Funding of $8 million has been allocated towards the cost of the State Sporting Facilities Plan in 2003/04 ($4 million) and 2004/05 ($4 million). The global allocation of $134 million in 2004/05 is, as the title suggests, unallocated to projects at this time. These funds will be allocated during the 2002/03 budget formulation process.
Statutory authorities have the legislative power to retain these funds in their trust account as a cash reserve that is set aside to meet the emerging liability in 2004/05. Departments have been required to remit, to a Treasury Trust Account in June of each financial year, sufficient funds to ensure that they are able to meet their obligation when it arises. During 2004/05, Treasury will transfer the level of funds held by each department back into their operating accounts, to enable the departments to meet the cost of the extra pay, without the need to seek additional funding from government. This process ensures that from an overall government perspective, the level of employee costs is not subjected to an abnormal cash spike every ten years. (2) No, there is not a global unallocated capital works item in the 2001/02 budget. However, there are global provisions for capital works in the forward estimates for 2003/04 and 2004/05 published within the budget papers. (3) The unallocated capital works provisions in the forward estimates are included under the heading "Equity Injections" on page 169 of the 2001/02 Budget Statements Volume 1. (4) Yes. See (7) and (8) (5) & (6) See (3). (7) & (8) Funding of $8 million has been allocated towards the cost of the State Sporting Facilities Plan in 2003/04 ($4 million) and 2004/05 ($4 million). The global allocation of $134 million in 2004/05 is, as the title suggests, unallocated to projects at this time. These funds will be allocated during the 2002/03 budget formulation process.
Departments have been required to remit, to a Treasury Trust Account in June of each financial year, sufficient funds to ensure that they are able to meet their obligation when it arises. During 2004/05, Treasury will transfer the level of funds held by each department back into their operating accounts, to enable the departments to meet the cost of the extra pay, without the need to seek additional funding from government. This process ensures that from an overall government perspective, the level of employee costs is not subjected to an abnormal cash spike every ten years. (2) No, there is not a global unallocated capital works item in the 2001/02 budget. However, there are global provisions for capital works in the forward estimates for 2003/04 and 2004/05 published within the budget papers. (3) The unallocated capital works provisions in the forward estimates are included under the heading "Equity Injections" on page 169 of the 2001/02 Budget Statements Volume 1. (4) Yes. See (7) and (8) (5) & (6) See (3). (7) & (8) Funding of $8 million has been allocated towards the cost of the State Sporting Facilities Plan in 2003/04 ($4 million) and 2004/05 ($4 million). The global allocation of $134 million in 2004/05 is, as the title suggests, unallocated to projects at this time. These funds will be allocated during the 2002/03 budget formulation process.
This process ensures that from an overall government perspective, the level of employee costs is not subjected to an abnormal cash spike every ten years. (2) No, there is not a global unallocated capital works item in the 2001/02 budget. However, there are global provisions for capital works in the forward estimates for 2003/04 and 2004/05 published within the budget papers. (3) The unallocated capital works provisions in the forward estimates are included under the heading "Equity Injections" on page 169 of the 2001/02 Budget Statements Volume 1. (4) Yes. See (7) and (8) (5) & (6) See (3). (7) & (8) Funding of $8 million has been allocated towards the cost of the State Sporting Facilities Plan in 2003/04 ($4 million) and 2004/05 ($4 million). The global allocation of $134 million in 2004/05 is, as the title suggests, unallocated to projects at this time. These funds will be allocated during the 2002/03 budget formulation process.
(2) No, there is not a global unallocated capital works item in the 2001/02 budget. However, there are global provisions for capital works in the forward estimates for 2003/04 and 2004/05 published within the budget papers. (3) The unallocated capital works provisions in the forward estimates are included under the heading "Equity Injections" on page 169 of the 2001/02 Budget Statements Volume 1. (4) Yes. See (7) and (8) (5) & (6) See (3). (7) & (8) Funding of $8 million has been allocated towards the cost of the State Sporting Facilities Plan in 2003/04 ($4 million) and 2004/05 ($4 million). The global allocation of $134 million in 2004/05 is, as the title suggests, unallocated to projects at this time. These funds will be allocated during the 2002/03 budget formulation process.
(3) The unallocated capital works provisions in the forward estimates are included under the heading "Equity Injections" on page 169 of the 2001/02 Budget Statements Volume 1. (4) Yes. See (7) and (8) (5) & (6) See (3). (7) & (8) Funding of $8 million has been allocated towards the cost of the State Sporting Facilities Plan in 2003/04 ($4 million) and 2004/05 ($4 million). The global allocation of $134 million in 2004/05 is, as the title suggests, unallocated to projects at this time. These funds will be allocated during the 2002/03 budget formulation process.
(4) Yes. See (7) and (8) (5) & (6) See (3). (7) & (8) Funding of $8 million has been allocated towards the cost of the State Sporting Facilities Plan in 2003/04 ($4 million) and 2004/05 ($4 million). The global allocation of $134 million in 2004/05 is, as the title suggests, unallocated to projects at this time. These funds will be allocated during the 2002/03 budget formulation process.
(5) & (6) See (3). (7) & (8) Funding of $8 million has been allocated towards the cost of the State Sporting Facilities Plan in 2003/04 ($4 million) and 2004/05 ($4 million). The global allocation of $134 million in 2004/05 is, as the title suggests, unallocated to projects at this time. These funds will be allocated during the 2002/03 budget formulation process.
(7) & (8) Funding of $8 million has been allocated towards the cost of the State Sporting Facilities Plan in 2003/04 ($4 million) and 2004/05 ($4 million). The global allocation of $134 million in 2004/05 is, as the title suggests, unallocated to projects at this time. These funds will be allocated during the 2002/03 budget formulation process.
The global allocation of $134 million in 2004/05 is, as the title suggests, unallocated to projects at this time. These funds will be allocated during the 2002/03 budget formulation process.
Statutory authorities have the legislative power to retain these funds in their trust account as a cash reserve that is set aside to meet the emerging liability in 2004/05. Departments have been required to remit, to a Treasury Trust Account in June of each financial year, sufficient funds to ensure that they are able to meet their obligation when it arises. During 2004/05, Treasury will transfer the level of funds held by each department back into their operating accounts, to enable the departments to meet the cost of the extra pay, without the need to seek additional funding from government. This process ensures that from an overall government perspective, the level of employee costs is not subjected to an abnormal cash spike every ten years. (2) No, there is not a global unallocated capital works item in the 2001/02 budget. However, there are global provisions for capital works in the forward estimates for 2003/04 and 2004/05 published within the budget papers. (3) The unallocated capital works provisions in the forward estimates are included under the heading "Equity Injections" on page 169 of the 2001/02 Budget Statements Volume 1. (4) Yes. See (7) and (8) (5) & (6) See (3). (7) & (8) Funding of $8 million has been allocated towards the cost of the State Sporting Facilities Plan in 2003/04 ($4 million) and 2004/05 ($4 million). The global allocation of $134 million in 2004/05 is, as the title suggests, unallocated to projects at this time. These funds will be allocated during the 2002/03 budget formulation process.
Departments have been required to remit, to a Treasury Trust Account in June of each financial year, sufficient funds to ensure that they are able to meet their obligation when it arises. During 2004/05, Treasury will transfer the level of funds held by each department back into their operating accounts, to enable the departments to meet the cost of the extra pay, without the need to seek additional funding from government. This process ensures that from an overall government perspective, the level of employee costs is not subjected to an abnormal cash spike every ten years. (2) No, there is not a global unallocated capital works item in the 2001/02 budget. However, there are global provisions for capital works in the forward estimates for 2003/04 and 2004/05 published within the budget papers. (3) The unallocated capital works provisions in the forward estimates are included under the heading "Equity Injections" on page 169 of the 2001/02 Budget Statements Volume 1. (4) Yes. See (7) and (8) (5) & (6) See (3). (7) & (8) Funding of $8 million has been allocated towards the cost of the State Sporting Facilities Plan in 2003/04 ($4 million) and 2004/05 ($4 million). The global allocation of $134 million in 2004/05 is, as the title suggests, unallocated to projects at this time. These funds will be allocated during the 2002/03 budget formulation process.
This process ensures that from an overall government perspective, the level of employee costs is not subjected to an abnormal cash spike every ten years. (2) No, there is not a global unallocated capital works item in the 2001/02 budget. However, there are global provisions for capital works in the forward estimates for 2003/04 and 2004/05 published within the budget papers. (3) The unallocated capital works provisions in the forward estimates are included under the heading "Equity Injections" on page 169 of the 2001/02 Budget Statements Volume 1. (4) Yes. See (7) and (8) (5) & (6) See (3). (7) & (8) Funding of $8 million has been allocated towards the cost of the State Sporting Facilities Plan in 2003/04 ($4 million) and 2004/05 ($4 million). The global allocation of $134 million in 2004/05 is, as the title suggests, unallocated to projects at this time. These funds will be allocated during the 2002/03 budget formulation process.
(2) No, there is not a global unallocated capital works item in the 2001/02 budget. However, there are global provisions for capital works in the forward estimates for 2003/04 and 2004/05 published within the budget papers. (3) The unallocated capital works provisions in the forward estimates are included under the heading "Equity Injections" on page 169 of the 2001/02 Budget Statements Volume 1. (4) Yes. See (7) and (8) (5) & (6) See (3). (7) & (8) Funding of $8 million has been allocated towards the cost of the State Sporting Facilities Plan in 2003/04 ($4 million) and 2004/05 ($4 million). The global allocation of $134 million in 2004/05 is, as the title suggests, unallocated to projects at this time. These funds will be allocated during the 2002/03 budget formulation process.
(3) The unallocated capital works provisions in the forward estimates are included under the heading "Equity Injections" on page 169 of the 2001/02 Budget Statements Volume 1. (4) Yes. See (7) and (8) (5) & (6) See (3). (7) & (8) Funding of $8 million has been allocated towards the cost of the State Sporting Facilities Plan in 2003/04 ($4 million) and 2004/05 ($4 million). The global allocation of $134 million in 2004/05 is, as the title suggests, unallocated to projects at this time. These funds will be allocated during the 2002/03 budget formulation process.
(4) Yes. See (7) and (8) (5) & (6) See (3). (7) & (8) Funding of $8 million has been allocated towards the cost of the State Sporting Facilities Plan in 2003/04 ($4 million) and 2004/05 ($4 million). The global allocation of $134 million in 2004/05 is, as the title suggests, unallocated to projects at this time. These funds will be allocated during the 2002/03 budget formulation process.
(5) & (6) See (3). (7) & (8) Funding of $8 million has been allocated towards the cost of the State Sporting Facilities Plan in 2003/04 ($4 million) and 2004/05 ($4 million). The global allocation of $134 million in 2004/05 is, as the title suggests, unallocated to projects at this time. These funds will be allocated during the 2002/03 budget formulation process.
(7) & (8) Funding of $8 million has been allocated towards the cost of the State Sporting Facilities Plan in 2003/04 ($4 million) and 2004/05 ($4 million). The global allocation of $134 million in 2004/05 is, as the title suggests, unallocated to projects at this time. These funds will be allocated during the 2002/03 budget formulation process.
The global allocation of $134 million in 2004/05 is, as the title suggests, unallocated to projects at this time. These funds will be allocated during the 2002/03 budget formulation process.
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