Vote Parliamentary Service
MINISTER(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROPRIATIONS: Speaker of the House of Representatives (M78)
ADMINISTERING DEPARTMENT: Parliamentary Service
MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE: Speaker of the House of Representatives
Overview of the Vote
The Speaker of the House of Representatives is responsible for appropriations in Vote Parliamentary Service for the 2011/12 financial year covering the following:
- a total of over $67 million for purchasing support and administrative services from the Parliamentary Service
- a total of over $42 million for covering other expenditure to support members
- a total of $18 million for payment of members' salaries and allowances, and
- a total of over $10 million for capital investment in the parliamentary precincts.
Details of these appropriations are set out in Parts 2-6 for Vote Parliamentary Service in the Information Supporting the Estimates of Appropriations.
