Review of performance

Outputs and contributions to outcomes 2003—04

The APS Commission is included in the Portfolio Budget Statements of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. The Public Service Commissioner, as the head of the APS Commission, is responsible for the financial and human resources of the APS Commission and for assessing the level of the APS Commission’s achievements against its output structure.

Performance information, as described in the 2003—04 Portfolio Budget Statement which relates to the functions of the Merit Protection Commissioner, can be aggregated, where relevant, from Tables M1 and M2 of this Report. Table M1 comprises casework arising from APS agencies. Table M2 includes casework arising from both APS and non-APS agencies.

TABLE M1: Reviews of actions: workload, work completed and timeliness, 1 July 2003—30 June 2004

Cases	Promotion Review Committees	Primary review—Code of Conduct	Primary review –other	Secondary review	Review–Former employees
On hand at start of year	6	12	7	19	1
Received during the period	101	58	16	144	7
Reviewed	73	46	5	94	5
Not accepted	6	6	17	46	1
Lapsed or withdrawn	19	12	1	9	2
Total finalised during period	98	64	23	149	8
On hand at end	9	6	0	14	0
Target completion time (weeks)	6	10	10	8	10
Average completion time for reviewed cases (weeks)	5.47	14.85	10.46	11.66	12.54
Completed within target time (number)	54	9	2	59	2
Completed within target time (percentage)	74	20	40	63	40

TABLE M2: Fee-for-service functions: workload and work completed, 1 July 2003—30 June 2004

	Independent Selection Advisory Committees	Other services requested
On hand at start of year	17	63
Received during the period	60	216
Completed	53	197
Lapsed/withdrawn	9	47
Total finalised during the period	62	244
On hand at end	15	35

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