Inquiry into 2016-17 Financial and Performance Outcomes

Background

Created: Tuesday, 01 May 2018 14:21

Last Updated: Tuesday, 01 May 2018 10:10

The Government’s plan for the State’s finances and spending is presented each year in the Budget. In 2016‑17 the Government spent $58 billion delivering services and programs and raised $61 billion in revenue.
But how effective and efficient was the public sector in delivering the initiatives outlined in the State Budget?

The financial and performance outcomes inquiry

The Public Accounts and Estimates Committee (PAEC) undertakes an outcomes review every year. It assists Parliament and the community to gauge what the Government actually achieved in the last financial year, compared to what the Government planned to achieve. The purpose of this review is to complement the Committee’s assessment, undertaken at the start of the financial year, of the budget estimates.
The Committee’s review of outcomes aims to improve the accountability of Victorian Government departments and agencies. The report contains recommendations directed at improved transparency and clarity in the reporting of public sector performance. It also provides the Parliament and community with more meaningful information about the results achieved in the last financial year.

The inquiry process

The inquiry process is illustrated in the figure below. Information used by the Committee to inform its report and recommendations include:

• Departmental annual reports
• PAEC public hearings with the secretaries and senior staff of departments
• responses from departments, agencies and Parliament to the PAEC’s questionnaire
• the Department of Treasury and Finance’s 2016‑17 Financial Report
• Auditor‑General’s reports.

 The_financial_and_performance_outcomes_inquiry_process.pdf1.03 MB

Report

Created: Monday, 01 May 2017 01:01

Last Updated: Friday, 21 September 2018 10:14

The report was tabled in Parliament on 1 May 2018.

Report on the 2016-17 Financial and Performance Outcomes4.59 MB

Questions on Notice

Created: Tuesday, 22 March 2016 11:47

Last Updated: Friday, 21 September 2018 10:14

Following public hearings held from Monday 12 February to Thursday 15 February 2018 inclusive, the Committee requested information on any outstanding matters including any further information that was agreed to be supplied at the hearings. Accordingly, requests were sent to witnesses and the responses can be found below.

Responses will be listed on this page as they are received.

Transcripts and presentations for the public hearings can be found on the Public Hearings and Transcripts page.

Department of Economic Development, Transport, Jobs and Resources1.37 MB

Department of Education and Training204.40 KB

Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning203.30 KB

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• Attachment 1b - Proposal Plans5.90 MB
• Attachment 1c - Oculus Federation Square Concept Planning Report26.41 MB
• Attachment 13a - Summary of Techynical Analysis 2017-18 Desalinated Water Order Advice1.15 MB

Department of Health and Human Services1.06 MB

• Q8 Att 1 - Dispatch Grid Changes and Explanatory Notes157.39 KB
• Q8 Att 2 - Master Dispatch Grid Changes2.77 MB
• Q8 Att 3 - Current Dispatch Grid (Post Dispatch Grid Review)630.40 KB
• Q8 Att 4 - Dispatch Grid as at January 2015 (pre dispatch grid review)439.90 KB

 Department of Justice and Regulation1.13 MB - this version does not include VicPol responses

Department of Justice and Regulation1.16 MB - this version incorporates VicPol responses

Department of Premier and Cabinet260.64 KB

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Department of Treasury and Finance992.05 KB