Page 1166 - Week 03 - Thursday, 18 March 2010

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The Territory’s financial system does not distinguish between credit card transactions and other payment transactions. Monthly credit card statements must be manually analysed in order to answer this question. It is not considered a reasonable use of the agency’s limited resources to extract data for 2007-08 and 2006-07.

Note that cards 16a and 16b were held by different card-holders, as were cards 17a and 17b, and cards 18a and 18b (ie the card-holders for 16a, 17a and 18a left the Department in 2008-09 and card-holders for 16b, 17b and 18b were new to the Department in 2009-10).

(5) As at 30 November 2009, credit limits on cards issued by the Department of Education and Training are as follows:

(6) a) In 2009-10 the Department of Education and Training has spent $4 365 on corporate credit cards for catering. Meals for officers on official travel are not recorded separately; they are a component of accommodation costs. To date in 2009-10, $19 376 has been spent on accommodation.

For the Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT):

(1) In 2008-09 the CIT used 55 cards, and in 2009-10 there are 54 cards

(2) The cards are issued to gain efficiencies in the purchasing process including expenditure on travel, training, accommodation and items for which no other payment option is available. It should be noted that credit card expenditure requires the same level of authorisation as any other payment made by CIT.

(3) CIT: The average amount per month on each card from July 2008 to November 2009 is as follows:

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