Better health and ageing for all Australians

1999-2000

Porfolio Additional Estimates Statement 1999-2000 - Part A - User Guide

Contains the 1999-2000 Portfolio Additional Estimates Statement for the Health and Aged Care Portfolio.

In this section:

The purpose of the Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements (PAES) is to inform Senators and Members of the reasons for inclusion of proposed provisions in Appropriation Bills 3 and 4.

The major role of the PAES is to explain requests for additional funds through the Additional Estimates Appropriation Bills and to provide sufficient information, explanation and justification to enable Parliament to understand the purpose of each item in the Bills.

The Health and Aged Care Portfolio business activities are directed at a set of ten outcomes. The outcome structure differs from that developed by other Portfolios, as the Department and all Portfolio agencies share one set of outcomes rather than each having their own set of outcomes. The structure of the PAES reflects this arrangement.

Part B provides an overview of the Portfolio, including the Portfolio outcome structure and a map of the outcomes to the 1998-99 Program Structure as well as with the 1999-00 Portfolio Appropriations and a summary of the post-Budget measures.

Part C provides a detailed analysis of each of the ten Portfolio outcomes. Each outcome chapter in Part C provides:

  • an overview of the relevant outcome;
  • measures since the 1999-00 Budget, where applicable;
  • a resource summary table which shows total resourcing for each outcome;
  • an explanation of variations since the 1999-00 Budget; and
  • revised performance measures to identify planned performance for administered items (in terms of quality, quantity, effectiveness and efficiency) and for departmental outputs (in terms of quality, quantity and price), where applicable.
The figures for 1998-99 estimated actual expenditure in Part C of this document reflect the information published in the 1999-00 Portfolio Budget Statement. This accords with the Department of Finance and Administration guidelines on the presentation of the 1998-99 estimated expenses.

The 1999-00 Financial Statements for the Department and each agency (where affected by Additional Estimates) are located in Part D of this document. The figures for 1998-99 actual expenses for the Department of Health and Aged Care in the financial statements in part D of this document, reflect the audited financial statements as published in the 1998-99 Annual Report for this portfolio.

With respect to ARPANSA, in order to provide better comparability with the 1999-00 budget, the 1998-99 actual revenues and expenses for ARPANSA have been estimated by combining information from ARPANSA, the former Nuclear Safety Bureau and the former Australian Radiation Laboratory.

Part E of the document comprises appendices on: non-appropriation departmental/agency and administered revenue; and a glossary of technical terms.