Jamie Briggs (Mayo, Liberal Party, Chairman of the Scrutiny of Government Waste Committee) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, in writing, on 25 August 2011:

How many staff were employed by the Ministers department in the Senior Executive Service (ie, SES) on 1 July (a) 2008, and (b) 2011.

Peter Garrett (Kingsford Smith, Australian Labor Party, Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research has provided the following answer to the honourable member's question:

(a) The SES figures as at 1 July 2008 can be found in Tables 7 and 8 of the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Annual Report 2007-08.

(b) The SES figures as at 1 July 2011 can be found in Tables 16 and 17 of the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Annual report 2010-11.