Hon Sue Ellery asks about the Department of Housing and Works' payment policies and practices regarding grants and contracts to non-government organisations, specifically concerning payment timeliness and complaints. The Department asserts compliance with its policies and reports no formal complaints.

AnsweredQoN 1964Legislative Council
Asked
4 March 2010
Portfolio
Housing and Works

QuestionView source ↗

I refer to payments to non Government (not for profit) organisations, and I ask -
(1) What is the Department’s policy on timing of payments for grants or contracted services?
(2) Does the Department meet its own policy objectives to the non Government organisations?
(3) Have any non Government organisations complained about late payment of grants or regular contract payments in the period 1 March 2009 to 1 March 2010?
(4) How many grant or contract payments have been made late in the period 1 March 2009 to 1 March 2010?

AnswerView source ↗

Answered
20 April 2010
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Housing and Works
Response time
47 days
(1) The Department's policies for the payment of creditor payments (which include grants and contracts) require payment to be made within 30 days from the date of the invoice in accordance with Treasurer's Instruction 323 except where the terms or conditions of a contract relating to a claim for payment provide for alternate payment arrangements.
(2) Yes
(3) No
(4) Grant and contract payments to non Government (not for profit) organisations cannot be isolated separately through the Department's reporting systems however, as reflected in the answers above, the Department complies with its payment policies and no formal complaints have been received.
Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on
http://www.rtlib.com

Explore WA Government Data

Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.

Explore more