Records detailing departmental and ministerial spending on items including catering, air travel, accommodation, meeting venues, vehicles, office space, and security for 2010/11 and 2011/12.
1. Records detailing the funds spent by the department for the financial years 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 on each of the following:
a) Catering;
b) Air travel;
c) Accommodation;
d) Meeting venues;
e) Security;
f) Purchasing vehicles;
g) Maintaining vehicles;
h) Leasing vehicles;
i) Leasing office space;
j) Maintaining office space;
k) Companies contracted to provide drivers for departmental staff;
l) Team building exercises;
2. Records detailing the expenses of the Minister for the financial years 2010/2011 and 2011/2012, including, but not limited to:
a) Ministerial air travel;
b) Ministerial security;
c) Ministerial accommodation;
d) Purchase of vehicles for the Minister;
e) Maintenance of Ministerial vehicles;
f) Leasing vehicles for the Minister;
g) Petrol costs of the Minister;
h) Payment to any company contracted to provide drivers for the Minister.
3. The policy detailing the procedure and evidence (receipt) requirements in respect of expense claims by employees of the department.
Initial request communication
Communication sent
Response received
Response date: 2012-10-03Response nature: Deemed refusal
Received within statutory period: No
Internal appeal communication
Communication sent
Response received
Response date: 2012-11-01Response nature: Substituted new decision - released in full
Received within statutory period: Yes