Information Supporting the Supplementary Estimates Vote Office of the Clerk

MINISTER(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROPRIATIONS: Speaker of the House of Representatives (M78)

ADMINISTERING DEPARTMENT: Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives

MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: Speaker of the House of Representatives

Part 1 - Summary of the Vote

Summary of Financial Activity - Office of the Clerk
	2011/12
		Supplementary Estimates
	Estimates $000	Departmental Transactions $000	Non-Departmental Transactions $000	Total Transactions $000	Total $000
Appropriations
Output Expenses	18,029	326	-	326	18,355
Benefits and Other Unrequited Expenses	-	N/A	-	-	-
Borrowing Expenses	-	-	-	-	-
Other Expenses	-	-	-	-	-
Capital Expenditure	1,122	(330)	-	(330)	792
Intelligence and Security Department Expenses and Capital Expenditure	-	-	N/A	-	-
Total Appropriations	19,151	(4)	-	(4)	19,147
Crown Revenue and Capital Receipts
Tax Revenue	-	N/A	-	-	-
Non-Tax Revenue	-	N/A	-	-	-
Capital Receipts	-	N/A	-	-	-
Total Crown Revenue and Capital Receipts	-	N/A	-	-	-

Operating expenses increased over the years 2007/08 to 2010/11 to fund a number of functions of the Office of the Clerk. The major ongoing items are:

improvements to information technology for systems for publishing and broadcasting parliamentary proceedings including the Parliament website
the set-up and ongoing operating costs of the televising of Parliament
implementation of the eCommittee system for select committees.

There was a $2.400 million one-off appropriation in 2007/08 to fund the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum meeting in Auckland in January 2008.

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