Appendix B: Other statistics
Table B1 provides information on costing and budget analysis requests from parliamentarians and parliamentary parties over the past five financial years.
Table B1: Costing and budget analysis requests from parliamentarians and parliamentary parties by year
|
2014–15 |
2015–16 |
2016–17 |
2017–18 |
2018–19 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Requests outstanding at start of period |
76 |
138 |
20 |
180 |
586 |
|
Requests received in period |
973 |
4,146 |
2,572 |
2,218 |
3,014* |
|
Requests withdrawn in period |
42 |
1,013 |
524 |
252 |
610 |
|
Requests completed in period |
869 |
3,251 |
1,888 |
1,560 |
2,970* |
|
Average time to completion |
20 |
19 |
20 |
20 |
18 |
|
Median time to completion |
12 |
16 |
12 |
15 |
12 |
|
Requests outstanding at end of period |
138 |
20 |
180 |
586 |
20 |
* includes 427 costings prepared for the purpose of the election commitment report
Note: The table identifies the number of ‘options’ contained in requests completed by the PBO, noting that a single request can contain multiple options.
Table B2: Information requests to Commonwealth agencies by year
|
2014–15 |
2015–16 |
2016–17 |
2017–18 |
2018–19 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Requests outstanding at start of period |
16 |
3 |
1 |
16 |
11 |
|
Requests sent in period |
203 |
743 |
523 |
424 |
539 |
|
Requests received in period |
216 |
745 |
508 |
429 |
549 |
|
Requests received by due date |
147 |
695 |
499 |
425 |
540 |
|
Requests received after due date |
69 |
50 |
9 |
4 |
9 |
|
Percentage received on time |
68 |
93 |
98 |
99 |
98 |
|
Average time taken to respond |
13 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
7 |
|
Average punctuality |
3 |
-1 |
-2 |
-1 |
-3 |
|
Average lateness of late responses |
11 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
|
Requests outstanding at end of period |
3 |
1 |
16 |
11 |
1 |
Table B3: Information request responsiveness by Commonwealth agencies—2018–19
|
Department/Agency |
Responses received |
Average time taken to respond (business days) |
Responses received after due date |
Per cent late |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Attorney-General's Department |
12 |
6 |
1 |
8% |
|
Australian Bureau of Statistics |
1 |
17 |
– |
– |
|
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission |
5 |
7 |
– |
– |
|
Australian Securities and Investments Commission |
6 |
8 |
– |
– |
|
Australian Taxation Office |
67 |
5 |
– |
– |
|
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre |
1 |
10 |
– |
– |
|
Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation |
1 |
9 |
– |
– |
|
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources |
10 |
6 |
1 |
10% |
|
Department of Communications and the Arts |
11 |
5 |
1 |
9% |
|
Department of Defence |
5 |
8 |
– |
– |
|
Department of Education and Training |
31 |
7 |
– |
– |
|
Department of Finance |
49 |
5 |
1 |
2% |
|
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
9 |
4 |
1 |
11% |
|
Department of Health |
34 |
7 |
1 |
3% |
|
Department of Home Affairs |
32 |
9 |
– |
– |
|
Department of Human Services |
14 |
5 |
– |
– |
|
Department of Industry, Innovation and Science |
13 |
4 |
– |
– |
|
Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities |
13 |
4 |
– |
– |
|
Department of Jobs and Small Business |
17 |
5 |
– |
– |
|
Department of Social Services |
73 |
12 |
1 |
1% |
|
Department of the Environment and Energy |
17 |
7 |
– |
– |
|
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |
6 |
6 |
– |
– |
|
Department of the Treasury |
97 |
7 |
2 |
2% |
|
Department of Veterans’ Affairs |
24 |
6 |
– |
– |
|
Total |
548 |
7 |
9 |
2% |
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