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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

CHIEF MINISTER FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TER_RITORv

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

Question No 220

Public Sector Employees

MS FOLLETT - asked the Chief Minister on notice on 15 August 1990.

At 30 June 1990, what was the breakdown of ACT public sector employees on a basis comparable with the answer given to Question No 30.

MR KAINE - The answer to the members question is as follows:

Following extensive efforts by agencies, I have no choice but to advise the Leader of the Opposition that there is no readily available data which could provide a meaningful comparison in the required format.

Staffing statistics are not kept in this format, and the Formation provided to Question No 30 in September 1989 was prepared on a one off basis. Since that time, there have been extensive changes to functions and responsibilities and the records are not available that show how the information was compiled. The same definition of "administrative support" has to be used if the comparison is to be useful, and the only way to answer the question as phrased by the Leader of the Opposition would be to compile again both the current and previous figures, for agencies as they are now constituted. Given the administrative changes that have occurred, this would be a very costly exercise.

However records are now being maintained of the number of people on the payroll, and this comparative information is available. This material has been provided to the Leader of the Opposition and is also available to any other interested member.

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