David Johnston (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Defence) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 5 July 2011:

In regard to the Non-Equipment Procurement area, what is the average cost per employee, including but not limited to, superannuation, leave and other entitlements, fringe benefits tax, separation and redundancies, other allowances, health expenses, office accommodation, equipment and other employee expenses, at each of the following levels: (a) below E-1; (b) at E-1 and E-2; (c) at SES 1; (d) at SES 2; and (e) at SES 3.

Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

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

Using the standardised average staffing costs as set out in Defence's resource costing manual, the costs for the Non-Equipment Procurement area staffing, defined as the Directorates undertaking the non equipment procurement function within Non Equipment Procurement and Contracting Branch in Defence Support Group (refer to Senate Question on Notice 812) are as follows:

     (i) Below Executive Level 1: $2.7m

     (ii) At Executive Level 1 and 2: $3.09m

     (iii) At Senior Executive Service Band 1: $0.22m

     (iv) At Senior Executive Service Band 2: 0

     (v) At Senior Executive Service Band 3: 0

The average cost figures include salary, allowances, superannuation, indirect overheads and fixed overheads.