QUESTIONS ON NOTICE › Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (Question No. 1093)
Senator Colbeck asked the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, upon notice, on 6 September 2011: (1) For each program administered by the department and each agency in the Ministers portfolio: (a) what are the staffing numbers, by location; (b) how many regulations are associated with each program and can a list of those regulations by title be provided; and (c) what is the cost: (i) administered and (ii) departmental. (2) What are the staffing numbers for each of the Ministers cross-portfolio programs, according to department and agency. (3) In respect of premises owned and/or occupied by the department and each agency in the Ministers portfolio: (a) what is the location of each; (b) how many are: (i) leased, (ii) owned, and (iii) rented; (c) what is the size of each; (d) what is the annual cost per square metre of each that is: (i) rented, and (ii) leased; and (e) what is the: (i) value, and (ii) 2010-11 depreciation, of each building owned and/or occupied. (4) For each board within the Ministers portfolio: (a) what is its title; (b) what are the: (i) terms, and (ii) tenure, of its appointment; and (c) who are the members. (5) What was the 2010-11 expenditure for the Ministers portfolio, in total, and according to each program, for: (a) advertising; (b) travel, including: (i) business, (ii) economy, (iii) first class, (iv) international, and (v) domestic; (c) hospitality and entertainment; (d) information and communications technology; (e) consultants; (f) education and training of staff; (g) external: (i) accounting, (ii) auditing, and (iii) legal services; and (h) memberships or grants paid to affiliate organisations.