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(3) It is not envisaged that any officers of the Social Policy Branch will be placed in more than one section of the Branch at any given time.
(4) The staffing level of the Youth Affairs Unit as at 1 July 1991 was 13 officers; as at 1 July 1992 16 officers; and as at 1 July 1993 17 officers.
(5) Minimal structural staffing changes, in the sense of substantive changes to the staffing profile of the Unit, took place in early February 1994. In particular:
• an ASO 6 position was transferred from the Unit with the transfer of
youth related labour market programs to the Economic Development
Division;
• to reflect further possible developments with the administration of
youth programs, an ASO 6 position has not been substantively filled.
A temporary position at that level has, however, been created.
(6) Clients of the Youth Affairs Unit include myself, as Chief Minister; the Government; ACT government agencies; the community through the Chief Minister's Youth Advisory Council; agencies representing young people in the ACT and other States and Territories; and the Commonwealth in relation to the coordination of jointly funded services to young people. It is also the case that the Youth Affairs Unit currently manages the Streetlink program and three programs through which the Government provides funding to the youth sector.
I am not prepared to authorise the use of the very considerable resources that would be involved in providing the detailed information required to answer the Member's question in relation to usage by the full range of clients outlined above for the years 1991, 1992 and 1993.
(7) Performance indicators for the Youth Affairs Unit are as for all areas of the Social Policy Branch of my Department. The effectiveness of performance and achievements as measured by:
• the extent to which advice to the Chief Minister on social issues
contributes to the development of the Government's social policies,
in particular towards the removal of barriers and discriminatory
practices;
• the extent to which the Sub-Program meets the needs of target
groups and takes comprehensive and effective steps to identify gaps,
or areas of duplication, in relevant service areas;
• the extent to which social indicators are developed and used;
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