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Department of Social Services Annual Report 2019-20

Appendix A Resource statements

Table A–1 Agency resource statement

	Actual available appropriation for 2019–20 $'000	Payments made 2019–20 $'000	Balance remaining 2019–20 $'000
	(a)	(b)	(a)-(b)
Ordinary Annual Services¹
Departmental appropriation²	561,989	477,389	84,600
Total	561,989	477,389	84,600
Administered expenses
Outcome 1	93,789	38,208
Outcome 2	805,469	691,855
Outcome 3	11,486,516	8,674,648
Outcome 4	281,024	119,115
Payments to corporate Commonwealth entities³	1,413,257	1,413,257
Total	14,080,055	10,937,083
Total ordinary annual services A	14,642,044	11,414,472
Other services⁴
Departmental non-operating
Equity injections⁵	8,303	6,894	1,409
Total	8,303	6,894	1,409
Total other services B	8,303	6,894	1,409
Total available annual appropriations and payments	14,650,347	11,421,366
Special appropriations
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999		106,241,123
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999		18,055,843
Paid Parental Leave Act 2010		2,414,060
Social and Community Services Pay Equity Special Account Act 2012		-
Student Assistance Act 1973 – Section 55A		420,016
Business Services Wage Assessment Tool Payment Scheme Act 2015 – Section 99		-
National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Act 2018		205,307
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 – Section 77		119
Total special appropriations C		127,336,468

Special Accounts
Opening balance	402,363
Appropriation receipts⁶	513,890
Non-appropriation receipts to Special Accounts	7,704
Payments made		416,802
Total special accounts D	923,957	416,802	507,155
Total resourcing and payments A+B+C+D	15,574,304	139,174,636
Less appropriations drawn from annual or special appropriations above and credited to special accounts and/or corporate Commonwealth entities through annual appropriations	8,388,897	8,388,897
Total net resourcing and payments for the department⁷	7,185,407	130,785,739

		2019–20	2018–19
Staffing resources (number)		2,099	2,128

Supply Act (No. 1) 2019-20, Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2019–20 and Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2019–20. This may also include prior year departmental appropriation, section 74 retained revenue receipts, section 75 transfers and repealed appropriations.
This item includes an amount of $16.843 million in 2019–20 for the departmental capital budget. For accounting purposes, this amount has been designated as ‘contributions by owners’.
‘Corporate entities’ are corporate Commonwealth entities and Commonwealth companies as defined under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2019–20.
The equity injections may also include prior year appropriation and repealed appropriations.
Appropriation receipts from DSS annual and special appropriations for 2019–20 are included above.
The actual available appropriation for 2019–20 does not include total special appropriations.

Table A–2 Expenses and resources for Outcome 1: Social Security

	Estimated actual^a 2019–20 $'000	Actual Expenses 2019–20 $'000	Variation 2019–20 $'000
	(a)	(b)	(a)–(b)
Program 1.1: Family Tax Benefit
Administered expenses
Special Appropriations	18,070,909	18,621,625	(550,716)
Total for Program 1.1	18,070,909	18,621,625	(550,716)
Program 1.2: Child Payments
Administered expenses
Special Appropriations	97,820	105,157	(7,337)
Total for Program 1.2	97,820	105,157	(7,337)
Program 1.3: Income Support for Vulnerable People
Administered expenses
Special Appropriations	142,129	151,117	(8,988)
Total for Program 1.3	142,129	151,117	(8,988)
Program 1.4: Income Support for People in Special Circumstances
Administered expenses
Ordinary Annual Services (Appropriation Act No. 1 and No. 3)	1,367	667	700
Special Appropriations	3,284	3,063	221
Total for Program 1.4	4,651	3,730	921
Program 1.5: Supplementary Payments and Support for Income Support Recipients
Administered expenses
Special Appropriations	24,870	25,359	(489)
Total for Program 1.5	24,870	25,359	(489)
Program 1.6: Income Support for Seniors
Administered expenses
Special Appropriations	50,155,810	50,133,912	21,898
Total for Program 1.6	50,155,810	50,133,912	21,898
Program 1.7: Allowances and Concessions for Seniors
Administered expenses
Special Appropriations	369,220	378,734	(9,514)
Total for Program 1.7	369,220	378,734	(9,514)
Program 1.8: Income Support for People with Disability
Administered expenses
Special Appropriations	17,781,418	17,781,051	367
Total for Program 1.8	17,781,418	17,781,051	367
Program 1.9: Income Support for Carers
Administered expenses
Ordinary Annual Services (Appropriation Act No. 1 and No. 3)	2,800	1,406	1,394
Special Appropriations	9,445,073	9,375,816	69,257
Total for Program 1.9	9,447,873	9,377,222	70,651
Program 1.10: Working Age Payments
Administered expenses
Ordinary Annual Services (Appropriation Act No. 1 and No. 3)	37,561	36,013	1,548
Special Appropriations	26,204,264	26,836,280	(632,016)
Total for Program 1.10	26,241,825	26,872,293	(630,468)
Program 1.11: Student Payments
Administered expenses
Special Appropriations	3,516,712	3,617,377	(100,665)
Total for Program 1.11	3,516,712	3,617,377	(100,665)
Program 1.12: Program Support for Outcome 1
Departmental expenses
Departmental appropriation^b	102,301	107,912	(5,611)
Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year	9,686	17,574	(7,888)
Total for Program 1.12	111,987	125,486	(13,499)
Outcome 1 Totals by appropriation type
Administered expenses
Ordinary Annual Services (Appropriation Act No. 1 and No. 3)	41,728	38,086	3,642
Special Appropriations	125,811,509	127,029,491	(1,217,982)
Departmental expenses
Departmental appropriation^b	102,301	107,912	(5,611)
Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year	9,686	17,574	(7,888)
Total expenses for Outcome 1	125,965,224	127,193,063	(1,227,839)

a Represents estimated actual expenses for the 2019–20 financial year reported in the Economic and Fiscal Update July 2020.

b Departmental appropriation includes section 74 retained revenue receipts.

Table A–3 Expenses and resources for Outcome 2: Families and Communities

	Estimated actual^a 2019–20 $'000	Actual Expenses 2019–20 $'000	Variation 2019–20 $'000
	(a)	(b)	(a)–(b)
Program 2.1: Families and Communities
Administered expenses
Ordinary Annual Services (Appropriation Act No. 1 and No. 3)	712,627	692,330	20,297
Special Appropriations	213,650	255,277	(41,627)
Special Accounts	5,689	5,689	-
Total for Program 2.1	931,996	953,296	(21,300)
Program 2.2: Paid Parental Leave
Administered expenses
Special Appropriations	2,388,941	2,399,563	(10,622)
Total for Program 2.2	2,388,941	2,399,563	(10,622)
Program 2.3: Social and Community Services
Administered expenses
Special Accounts	437,566	411,920	25,646
Total for Program 2.3	437,566	411,920	25,646
Program 2.4: Program Support for Outcome 2
Departmental expenses
Departmental appropriation^b	256,448	202,334	54,114
Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year	18,067	32,951	(14,884)
Total for Program 2.4	274,515	235,285	39,230

Outcome 2 Totals by appropriation type
Administered expenses
Ordinary Annual Services (Appropriation Act No. 1 and No. 3)	712,627	692,330	20,297
Special Appropriations	2,602,591	2,654,840	(52,249)
Special Accounts	443,255	417,609	25,646
Departmental expenses
Departmental appropriation^b	256,448	202,334	54,114
Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year	18,067	32,951	(14,884)
Total expenses for Outcome 2	4,032,988	4,000,064	32,924

a Represents estimated actual expenses for the 2019–20 financial year reported in the Economic and Fiscal Update July 2020.

b Departmental appropriation includes section 74 retained revenue receipts.

Table A–4 Expenses and resources for Outcome 3: Disability and Carers

	Estimated actual^a 2019–20 $'000	Actual Expenses 2019–20 $'000	Variation 2019–20 $'000
	(a)	(b)	(a)–(b)
Program 3.1: Disability Mental Health and Carers
Administered expenses
Ordinary Annual Services (Appropriation Act No. 1 and No. 3)	1,519,323	1,501,020	18,303
Special Appropriations	-	-	-
Special Accounts	1,559	713	846
Total for Program 3.1	1,520,882	1,501,733	19,149
Program 3.2: National Disability Insurance Scheme
Administered expenses
Ordinary Annual Services (Appropriation Act No. 1 and No. 3)	7,061,234	7,100,732	(39,498)
Payments to corporate entities	1,403,557	1,413,257	(9,700)
Total for Program 3.2	8,464,791	8,513,989	(49,198)
Program 3.3: Program Support for Outcome 3
Departmental expenses
Departmental appropriation^b	119,940	116,905	3,035
Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year	10,467	19,039	(8,572)
Total for Program 3.3	130,407	135,944	(5,537)

Outcome 3 Totals by appropriation type
Administered expenses
Ordinary Annual Services (Appropriation Act No. 1 and No. 3)	8,580,557	8,601,752	(21,195)
Payments to corporate entities	1,403,557	1,413,257	(9,700)
Special Appropriations	-	-	-
Special Accounts	1,559	713	846
Departmental expenses
Departmental appropriation^b	119,940	116,905	3,035
Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year	10,467	19,039	(8,572)
Total expenses for Outcome 3	10,116,080	10,151,666	(35,586)

a Represents estimated actual expenses for the 2019–20 financial year reported in the Economic and Fiscal Update July 2020.

b Departmental appropriation includes section 74 retained revenue receipts.

Table A–5 Expenses and resources for Outcome 4: Housing

	Estimated actual^a 2019–20 $'000	Actual Expenses 2019–20 $'000	Variation 2019–20 $'000
	(a)	(b)	(a)–(b)
Program 4.1: Housing and Homelessness
Administered expenses
Ordinary Annual Services (Appropriation Act No. 1 and No. 3)	13,786	6,277	7,509
Total for Program 4.1	13,786	6,277	7,509
Program 4.2: Affordable Housing
Administered expenses
Ordinary Annual Services (Appropriation Act No. 1 and No. 3)	119,315	114,864	4,451
Total for Program 4.2	119,315	114,864	4,451
Program 4.3: Program Support for Outcome 4
Departmental expenses
Departmental appropriation^b	17,512	22,482	(4,970)
Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year	2,013	3,661	(1,648)
Total for Program 4.3	19,525	26,143	(6,618)
Outcome 4 Totals by appropriation type
Administered expenses
Ordinary Annual Services (Appropriation Act No. 1 and No. 3)	133,101	121,141	11,960
Departmental expenses
Departmental appropriation^b	17,512	22,482	(4,970)
Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year	2,013	3,661	(1,648)
Total expenses for Outcome 4	152,626	147,284	5,342

a Represents estimated actual expenses for the 2019–20 financial year reported in the Economic and Fiscal Update July 2020.

b Departmental appropriation includes section 74 retained revenue receipts.

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