Vote Attorney-General - Supplementary Estimates 2019/20

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	2019/20
Titles and Scopes of Appropriations by Appropriation Type	Estimates Budget $000	Supplementary Estimates Budget $000	Total Budget $000
Departmental Output Expenses
*Legal Advice and Representation (M5)* Providing legal advice and representation services to central government departments and Crown agencies.	22,337	663	23,000
Total Departmental Output Expenses	22,337	663	23,000
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.	614	-	614
Total Departmental Capital Expenditure	614	-	614
Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure
*Law Officer Functions MCA (M5)* The single overarching purpose of this appropriation is to provide for the discharge of the Law Officers' constitutional and criminal law responsibilities.	50,428	251	50,679
Departmental Output Expenses
Conduct of Criminal Appeals from Crown Prosecutions This category is limited to conducting appeals arising from Crown prosecutions.	3,766	91	3,857
Government Legal Network This category is limited to developing the collective capability, effectiveness and efficiency of government lawyers.	1,108	44	1,152
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.	5,470	87	5,557
Public Prosecution Services This category is limited to the provision and supervision of a national Crown prosecution service and oversight of public prosecutions.	40,084	29	40,113
Total Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure	50,428	251	50,679
Total Annual Appropriations and Forecast Permanent Appropriations	73,379	914	74,293

Capital Injection Authorisations#

	Estimates Budget $000	Supplementary Estimates Budget $000	Total Budget $000
	2019/20
Crown Law Office - Capital Injection (M5)	-	-	-

Supporting Information#

Part 1 - Vote as a Whole#

1.2 - Trends in the Vote#

Summary of Financial Activity

	Estimates $000	Supplementary Estimates			Total $000
	2019/20
	Estimates $000	Departmental Transactions $000	Non-Departmental Transactions $000	Total Transactions $000	Total $000
Appropriations
Output Expenses	22,337	663	-	663	23,000
Benefits or Related Expenses	-	N/A	-	-	-
Borrowing Expenses	-	-	-	-	-
Other Expenses	-	-	-	-	-
Capital Expenditure	614	-	-	-	614
Intelligence and Security Department Expenses and Capital Expenditure	-	-	N/A	-	-
Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure (MCA)
Output Expenses	50,428	251	-	251	50,679
Other Expenses	-	-	-	-	-
Capital Expenditure	-	N/A	-	-	-
Total Appropriations	73,379	914	-	914	74,293
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 2 - Details of Departmental Appropriations#

2.1 - Departmental Output Expenses#

Legal Advice and Representation (M5)

Scope of Appropriation

Providing legal advice and representation services to central government departments and Crown agencies.

Expenses and Revenue

	Estimates $000	Supplementary Estimates $000	Total $000
	2019/20
Total Appropriation	22,337	663	23,000
Revenue from the Crown	-	-	-
Revenue from Others	22,337	663	23,000

Reasons for Change in Appropriation

This appropriation increased by $663,000 to $23 million for 2019/20 due to forecasted increases in legal advice and representation to government agencies.

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

Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure#

Law Officer Functions (M5)

Overarching Purpose Statement

The single 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

	Estimates $000	Supplementary Estimates $000	Total $000
	2019/20
Total Appropriation	50,428	251	50,679
*Departmental Output Expenses*
Conduct of Criminal Appeals from Crown Prosecutions	3,766	91	3,857
Government Legal Network	1,108	44	1,152
Law Officer Constitutional and Criminal Law Duties	5,470	87	5,557
Public Prosecution Services	40,084	29	40,113
Funding for Departmental Output Expenses
*Revenue from the Crown*	49,734	221	49,955
Conduct of Criminal Appeals from Crown Prosecutions	3,716	91	3,807
Government Legal Network	988	14	1,002
Law Officer Constitutional and Criminal Law Duties	4,966	87	5,053
Public Prosecution Services	40,064	29	40,093
*Revenue from Others*	694	30	724
Conduct of Criminal Appeals from Crown Prosecutions	50	-	50
Government Legal Network	120	30	150
Law Officer Constitutional and Criminal Law Duties	504	-	504
Public Prosecution Services	20	-	20

How Performance will be Assessed for this Appropriation

Assessment of Performance	2019/20
Assessment of Performance	Estimates Standard	Supplementary Estimates Standard	Total Standard
Quality
The Attorney-General is satisfied with the services provided by Crown Law	-	Yes	Yes

Reasons for Change in Appropriation

This appropriation increased by $251,000 to $50.679 million for 2019/20 due to:

an increase of $221,000 to fund Crown Law's remuneration pressure, and

an increase of $30,000 to fund all-of-government legal courses managed by the System Leadership Group within Crown Law.

Vote Attorney-General - Supplementary Estimates 2019/20