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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1999 Week 6 Hansard (22 June) . . Page.. 1685 ..


Credit Cards - Use by Government Officers

(Question No. 144)

Mr Stanhope asked the Minister for Health and Community Services, upon notice, on 20 April 1999:

In relation to the use of credit cards by Government officers:

(1) Which officers within your portfolio hold Government credit cards.

(2) What credit cards are operated by those officers.

(3) What credit limits apply to each of those officers.

(4) What protocols, if any, apply to the use of credit cards by officers in your

portfolio.

(5) What protocols, if any, apply to the disclosure of transaction details relating to

credit cards operated by officers of your portfolio.

(6) Can you table transaction details of credit cards operated by officers of your

portfolio for the year ended 31 December 1998.

Mr Moore

: The answers to Mr Stanhope's questions are:

The following response is provided in respect of the Department of Health and Community Care:

(1) As at 31 March 1999, the number of credit card holders is summarised by respective Groups within the Department of Health and Community Care as follows:

Office of the Chief Executive 1

Health Outcomes Policy and Planning 1

Financial Management and Contracting 1

Population Health

- HPS Executive 1

- HPS Corporate Support 1

- Analytical Laboratory 3

- Communicable Disease 1

- Drugs and Therapeutics 2

- Radiation Safety 1

- Epidemiology 1

Human Resource Strategies 1

Business Services Bureau 2

Professional Registrations Board 1

Office of the Health Complaints Commissioner 2

Healthpact (Health Promotion Fund) 1

Total 20

Attached is a list of the officers who hold credit cards.

(2) All officers operate American Express Government Corporate Credit Cards.


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