1999-2000
Part A - User Guide
The 1999-2000 Portfolio Budget Statements, informs Senators and Members of Parliament of the proposed allocation of resources to portfolios outcomes and their objectives and targets including the agencies within the Health and Family Services portfolio.
Portfolio Budget Statements (PBS) are a major public source of information on Government outcomes and budgets.
The purpose of the PBS is to inform Senators and Members of the basis for proposed Budget expenses for the portfolio with particular emphasis on the proposed provisions in Appropriation Bills (1and 2) 1999-2000. The PBS indicate, inter alia, the proposed allocation of funding for the portfolio's outcomes along with the objectives and targets for those outcomes.
This year's PBS is structured to correspond with the new outcomes and outputs framework for managing resources in the public sector. 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 PBS 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 1999-2000 Portfolio Appropriations and a summary of the Budget measures.
Part C provides a detailed analysis of each of the ten Portfolio outcomes in terms of resource allocation and performance information rather than by separately presenting the information for the Department and for each portfolio agency. Specific details on agency outputs and performance reporting are highlighted in the relevant outcome chapter in Part C.
Resource allocation and performance information for administered items and Departmental output groups is detailed in a series of tables in each outcome chapter. Table 1 describes the relationship between the appropriation structure for the new outcome and the previous 1998-99 appropriation structure. Table 2 sets out the allocation of resources across administered items and output groups for the Department and relevant agencies, and Table 3 shows the relationship between the appropriations for administered expenses and the administered items for each outcome. Performance measures for administered items and for Departmental output groups are listed under Tables 4 and 5 respectively in each outcome chapter.
The results against the effectiveness indicators or performance measures will be reported in the Annual Reports of the Department of Health and Aged Care and other portfolio agencies. As indicators or measures only provide part of the picture for assessing performance, Part C also provides details of major evaluations planned for each outcome during 1999-2000.
Financial statements for 1999-2000 for each agency in the portfolio are presented for the first time in full accrual accounting format. This information is presented for the Department and each agency in Part D of this document.
