Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

The Minister for Health has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:

(a) The Department of Health and Ageing prepares:

(i) quarterly reports, by electoral division, on progress towards implementation of key initiatives and actual or committed expenditure measures; and

(ii) annual reports, by electoral division, which contain demographic information and information on selected health and aged care programs and services.

(b) The Department does not make a distinction between the resources required to produce these reports and other program implementation, expenditure or demographic reports. As such, it is not possible to quantify the specific resourcing required to compile the reports.

(c) and (d) The Department prepares the reports described above as part of regular departmental operations. The reports are provided to portfolio Ministers' offices and to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet on request.

(e) Facts, figures and statistics on selected health and ageing programs represented on a geographical basis, including by electoral division, are publicly available on the Department's internet site at http://health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/Statistics-1.