Vote Attorney-General - Supplementary Estimates 2018/19

Vote Attorney-General#

APPROPRIATION MINISTER(S): Attorney-General (M5)

APPROPRIATION ADMINISTRATOR: Crown Law Office

RESPONSIBLE MINISTER FOR CROWN LAW OFFICE: Attorney-General

Details of Appropriations and Capital Injections#

Annual Appropriations and Forecast Permanent Appropriations#

Titles and Scopes of Appropriations by Appropriation Type	Estimates Budget $000	Supplementary Estimates Budget $000	Total Budget $000
	2018/19
Departmental Output Expenses
*Legal Advice and Representation (M5)* Providing legal advice and representation services to central government departments and Crown agencies.	22,337	-	22,337
Total Departmental Output Expenses	22,337	-	22,337
Departmental Capital Expenditure
*Crown Law Office - Capital Expenditure PLA (M5)* This appropriation is limited to the purchase or development of assets by and for the use of the Crown Law Office, as authorised by section 24(1) of the Public Finance Act 1989.	783	-	783
Total Departmental Capital Expenditure	783	-	783
Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure
*Law Officer Functions MCA (M5)* The overarching purpose of this appropriation is to provide for the discharge of the Law Officers' constitutional and criminal law responsibilities.	47,816	320	48,136
Departmental Output Expenses
Conduct of Criminal Appeals from Crown Prosecutions This category is limited to conducting appeals arising from Crown prosecutions.	3,328	-	3,328
Government Legal Network This category is limited to developing the collective capability, effectiveness and efficiency of government lawyers.	985	20	1,005
Law Officer Constitutional and Criminal Law Duties This category is limited to providing assistance to the Principal Law Officers in the exercise of their functions, and providing advice on constitutional, criminal law, mutual assistance and extradition matters.	4,561	300	4,861
Public Prosecution Services This category is limited to the provision and supervision of a national Crown prosecution service and oversight of public prosecutions.	38,942	-	38,942
Total Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure	47,816	320	48,136
Total Annual Appropriations and Forecast Permanent Appropriations	70,936	320	71,256

Capital Injection Authorisations#

	2018/19
	Estimates Budget $000	Supplementary Estimates Budget $000	Total Budget $000
Crown Law Office - Capital Injection (M5)	-	-	-

Supporting Information#

Part 1 - Vote as a Whole#

1.2 - Trends in the Vote#

Summary of Financial Activity

	2018/19
		Supplementary Estimates
	Estimates $000	Departmental Transactions $000	Non-Departmental Transactions $000	Total Transactions $000	Total $000
Appropriations
Output Expenses	22,337	-	-	-	22,337
Benefits or Related Expenses	-	N/A	-	-	-
Borrowing Expenses	-	-	-	-	-
Other Expenses	-	-	-	-	-
Capital Expenditure	783	-	-	-	783
Intelligence and Security Department Expenses and Capital Expenditure	-	-	N/A	-	-
Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure (MCA)
Output Expenses	47,816	320	-	320	48,136
Other Expenses	-	-	-	-	-
Capital Expenditure	-	N/A	-	-	-
Total Appropriations	70,936	320	-	320	71,256
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	-	-	-

Part 4 - Details of Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure#

Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure#

Law Officer Functions (M5)

Overarching Purpose Statement

The overarching purpose of this appropriation is to provide for the discharge of the Law Officers' constitutional and criminal law responsibilities.

Scope of Appropriation

Departmental Output Expenses

Conduct of Criminal Appeals from Crown Prosecutions
This category is limited to conducting appeals arising from Crown prosecutions.
Government Legal Network
This category is limited to developing the collective capability, effectiveness and efficiency of government lawyers.
Law Officer Constitutional and Criminal Law Duties
This category is limited to providing assistance to the Principal Law Officers in the exercise of their functions, and providing advice on constitutional, criminal law, mutual assistance and extradition matters.
Public Prosecution Services
This category is limited to the provision and supervision of a national Crown prosecution service and oversight of public prosecutions.

Expenses, Revenue and Capital Expenditure

	2018/19
	Estimates $000	Supplementary Estimates $000	Total $000
Total Appropriation	47,816	320	48,136
*Departmental Output Expenses*
Conduct of Criminal Appeals from Crown Prosecutions	3,328	-	3,328
Government Legal Network	985	20	1,005
Law Officer Constitutional and Criminal Law Duties	4,561	300	4,861
Public Prosecution Services	38,942	-	38,942
Funding for Departmental Output Expenses
*Revenue from the Crown*	47,356	300	47,656
Conduct of Criminal Appeals from Crown Prosecutions	3,278	-	3,278
Government Legal Network	885	-	885
Law Officer Constitutional and Criminal Law Duties	4,271	300	4,571
Public Prosecution Services	38,922	-	38,922
*Revenue from Others*	460	20	480
Conduct of Criminal Appeals from Crown Prosecutions	50	-	50
Government Legal Network	100	20	120
Law Officer Constitutional and Criminal Law Duties	290	-	290
Public Prosecution Services	20	-	20

How Performance will be Assessed for this Appropriation

Assessment of Performance	Estimates Standard	Supplementary Estimates Standard	Total Standard
	2018/19
Quality
Attorney-General's responses to a questionnaire about service provided by Crown Law are good or excellent	90%	Withdraw	Withdraw

Reasons for Change in Appropriation

This appropriation increased by $320,000 to $48.136 million for 2018/19. The increase relates to:

an increase of $20,000 in Revenue Other to reflect the latest forecast including course fees payable to Crown Law by other government agencies for government lawyer courses and conferences run by the Government Legal Network, and
an expense transfer of $300,000 from 2017/18 to 2018/19 for developing and publishing stand-alone Solicitor-General guidelines on prosecuting sexual violence cases, and developing training for Crown prosecutors based on the new guidelines.

Vote Attorney-General - Supplementary Estimates 2018/19