Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2003
Part 5: Other information
Equal employment opportunities
The Ministry has an equal employment opportunity policy and procedures in place to ensure fairness and equity of opportunity for Ministry employees. The Ministry monitors its recruitment and retention of staff and progress made towards achieving equity is reported to the State Services Commission each year.
An EEO advisory group operates in the Ministry, with a responsibility to provide senior management with a regular state-of-EEO-health report.
Management performance
Good employer practices and staff development
The Ministry reinforces to staff the value and importance of maintaining and refining an effective performance management system. The performance management system provides professional feedback and development opportunities for the continuous improvement of staff performance. This is to ensure that staff performance remains a critical success factor in the meeting the Government's defence goals.
Public service integrity
The Ministry provides instruction and guidance to employees about the ethical standards required of public servants. In addition, all employees are required to have current security clearances as a condition of their employment.
Quality
The Ministry is ISO 9001 certified. This means that it implements continuous improvements to its management, policies and procedures.
Disability
The Ministry has a Disability Strategy Implementation Work Plan. This covers the 2003/2004 year.
E-government
The Ministry of Defence has incorporated the vision for Electronic Government into its Information Management and Knowledge Management Strategy and the e-government requirements have been at the fore of planning for information management projects. The Ministry has actively contributed to the e-services project, provided feedback on planned initiatives and participated in the Agency Leaders and CIO Fora.
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Staff numbers at 30 June 2003 were 53 (excluding the Chief Executive).
Financial performance
| 2002/03 Supp estimates $000 | 2002/03 Estimated
actual $000 |
2002/03 Actual $000 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Departmental activities |
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| Revenue: crown | 8,297 | 7,897 | 7,897 |
| Revenue: other | 3,990 | 3,990 | 4,338 |
| Output expenses | 12,287 | 11,887 | 11,611 |
| Net operating surplus/(deficit) | - | 35 | 664 |
| Receipts from the sale of property, plant and equipment |
20 | - | - |
| Expenditure on property, plant and equipment |
250 | 150 | 94 |
| Taxpayers' funds |
1,555 | 1,555 | 1,555 |
| Net cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities | (170) | (55) | 305 |
| Non-departmental activities |
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| Purchase or development of capital assets on behalf of the crown |
445,928 | 445,928 | 383,859 |
| Total non-departmental revenue and receipts | 125,225 | 125,225 | 125,267 |
Summary of appropriations
| Policy advice $000 | Audit and assessment of performance $000 |
Management of equipment procurement $000 |
Purchase or development of capital assets by the Crown $000 |
GST on defence equipment $000 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main estimates appropriation |
3,303 | 1,877 | 6,539 | 200,693 | 11,718 |
| Supplementary estimates change |
- | 90 | 2,014 | 205,119 | 28,398 |
| Change by order in council under section 5 of the Public Finance Act 1989 |
- | - | - | - | - |
| Total amount appropriated for 2002/2003 |
3,303 | 1,967 | 8,553 | 405,812 | 40,116 |
| Estimated actual outturn for 2002/2003 as reported in 2003/2004 estimates |
3,129 | 1,958 | 8,285 | 405,812 | 40,116 |
| Audited actual outturn for 2002/2003 |
2,912 | 1,824 | 8,405 | 363,978 | 19,881 |
| Unappropriated expenditure, expenses or liabilities approved under section 12 of the Public Finance Act 1989 |
- | - | - | - | - |
| Unappropriated expenditure, expenses or liabilities requiring validating legislation | - | - | - | - | - |
Historical financial performance of significant items: Payments on behalf of the Crown
(a) Defence equipment
| 2002-03 $(000) |
2001-02 $(000) |
2000-01 $(000) |
1999-00 $(000) |
1998-99 $(000) |
1997-98 $(000) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voted in Estimates | 405,812 | 177,361 | 342,488 | 248,534 | 222,128 | 261,236 |
| Actual Expenditure | 363,978 | 128,119 | 316,435 | 214,820 | 197,388 | 165,366 |
| Variance | 41,834 | 49,242 | 26,053 | 33,714 | 24,740 | 95,870 |
(b) GST on defence equipment
| 2002-03 $(000) |
2001-02 $(000) |
2000-01 $(000) |
1999-00 $(000) |
1998-99 $(000) |
1997-98 $(000) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voted in Estimates | 40,116 |
35,424 |
41,202 |
85,673 | 8,850 | 80,280 |
| Actual Expenditure | 19,881 |
34,350 |
25,234 |
83,487 | 7,794 | 76,365 |
| Variance | 20,235 |
1,074 |
15,968 |
2,186 | 1,056 | 3,915 |
Historical financial performance of significant items: Receipts on behalf of the Crown
Sales of equipment to New Zealand Defence Force (excluding GST)
| 2002-03 $(000) |
2001-02 $(000) |
2000-01 $(000) |
1999-00 $(000) |
1998-99 $(000) |
1997-98 $(000) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planned |
124,875 |
280,071 |
189,075 |
230,741 | 196,028 | 226,359 |
| Actual |
124,875 |
280,072 |
189,076 |
194,886 | 196,007 | 157,130 |
| Variance | - |
(1) |
(1) |
35,855 | 21 | 69,229 |
