Page 5833 - Week 15 - Thursday, 10 December 2009

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(1) How many corporate credit cards are used by employees of each department or agency in the Minister’s portfolio.

(2) For what purpose is each card issued.

(3) What is the average amount spent each month on each credit card.

(5) What is the limit on each credit card.

(6) How much has been spent on any form of catering, including official meals, at restaurants.

Mr Corbell: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

(1) The Department has issued 7 credit cards to its employees.

(2) Credit cards are to be used where departmental officers are required to make purchases within their delegations urgently or where it is inefficient to purchase goods and services through normal channels. Credit cards were introduced in order to allow departmental officers to perform their duties more efficiently and effectively.

(3) The average amount spent on each credit card per month is as follows:

• Card 1 - $1,140

• Card 2 - $493

• Card 3 - $3,256

• Card 4 - $386

• Card 5 - $694

• Card 6 - $2,900

• Card 7 - $1,582

(4) (a) and (b) The Department was created on 11 November 2008 and as such no information is available for earlier years.

c) The total amount spent on each DECCEW credit card in 2008-09 was as follows:

• Card 1 - $4,744

• Card 2 - $1,900

• Card 3 - $9,413

• Card 4 - $1,945

• Card 5 - $4,492

• Card 6 - $1,380

d) The total amount spent on each DECCEW credit cards in 2009-10 to date is as follows:

• Card 1 - $4,380

• Card 2 - $2,046

• Card 3 - $16,633

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