Review of performance

Outputs and contribution to outcomes 2004–05

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

Performance information, as described in the 2004–05 Portfolio Budget Statement which relates to the Merit Protection Commissioner’s functions, can be aggregated, where relevant, from Tables M1 and M2 of this report. Table M1 comprises casework arising from APS agencies and Table M2 includes casework arising from both APS and non-APS agencies.

Table M1: Review of actions—workload, work completed and timeliness, 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005

Cases	Promotion Review Committees	Primary review–Code of Conduct	Primary review–other	Secondary review	Review –former employees
On hand at start of year	9	6	0	14	0
Received during the year	185	41	21	87	11
Reviewed	99	26	7	45	6
Not accepted	12	2	6	43	1
Lapsed or withdrawn	49	7	4	2	1
Total finalised during the year	160	35	17	90	8
On hand at end of year	34	12	4	11	3
Target completion time (weeks)	6	10	10	8	10
Average completion time for reviewed cases (weeks)	6.91	18.87	9.98	14.42	6.3
Completed within target time (number)	51	6	2	13	6
Completed within target time (%)	52	24	29	29	100

Table M2: Fee-for-service functions—workload and work completed, 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005

	Independent Selection Advisory Committees	Other services requested
On hand at start of year	15	28
Received during the year	94	343
Completed	58	289
Lapsed/withdrawn	8	40
Total finalised during the year	66	329
On hand at end of year	43	42

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