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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2004 Week 08 Hansard (Thursday, 5 August 2004) . . Page.. 3647 ..

Consultants
(Question No 1679)

Mr Smyth asked the Minister for Industrial Relations, upon notice, on 1 July 2004:

(1) In relation to contracts for the financial year 2003-04, for each agency the Minister is responsible, what is the (a) number of contracts, (b) number of consultants, (c) number of contractors, (d) number of labour hire firms, (e) number of contracts containing labour hire component, (f) number of contracts with no labour hire component, (g) types of services provided, (h) number of contracts needing extension after 2003: (i) numbers of each type of contract used, in the following categories: (i) standard, (ii) schedule of fees, (iii) quote/lump sum, (iv) invoice and (v) other, (j) number of services outsourced in the following categories (i) whole, (ii) in part or (iii) unidentified, (k) number of contracts directing appropriate award usage, (l) number of contracts where there is subcontracting occurring, (m) number of contracts with permission or non-permission clause for subcontracting and (n) number of contracts requiring award usage for subcontractors.

Ms Gallagher: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

I have been advised by my department that the information sought is not in an easily retrievable form, and that to collect and assemble the information sought solely for the purpose of answering the question would require a considerable diversion of resources. In this instance, I do not believe that it would be appropriate to divert resources from other priority activities for the purposes of answering the Member’s question.

Consultants
(Question Nos 1680-1683)

Mr Smyth asked the Chief Minister, upon notice, on 1 July 2004:

(1) What was the total cost of consultancies for your portfolio in the 2003-04;

(2) For each consultant used what was the (a) name of the consultant, (b) address of the consultant, (c) cost of the consultancy, (d) service provided by the consultant/s and (e) reason for the consultancy;

(3) Was a report prepared by the consultant/s; if so where may copies be obtained.

Mr Stanhope: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

Much of this information is being prepared for the annual report of the respective agencies, and will be available in line with the Government's guidelines and timetable for production of those reports.

In relation to the residual information, the Government is not prepared to invest the significant time required to address such questions.

Consultants
(Question No 1684)

Mr Smyth asked the Treasurer, upon notice, on 1 July 2004:

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