Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2008
Part 3: Statement of service performance (continued)
Output Class - Audit and assessment of performance
Description
This output class involves providing:
- audits and assessments of any function, duty or project of the NZDF
- audits and assessments of the Ministry’s procurement, replacement or repair of major military equipment
- audits of the controls on hazardous substances under the control of the Minister of Defence, as required by the Hazardous Substances and New Organism Act 1996.
Objective
To provide assurance to key stakeholders about the ability of the defence organisations to meet their mandate effectively and efficiently by providing risk intelligent information, establishing performance and capability weaknesses and providing recommendations to remediate identified weaknesses.
Performance
Seventeen evaluation reports were completed during the year, covering a wide range of topics. These included the management of projects to acquire Project Protector vessels and replacement helicopters for the NZDF, and the NZDF’s planning for the introduction into service of the Project Protector fleet and new or upgraded aircraft. Evaluations were conducted of Army transport and communications outputs.
Audits were also completed of the management of bulk ammunition, intellectual property, the Army’s tactical mobile radio system, and the Navy’s ANZAC frigate spares. Aspects of the management of health training were reviewed. Progress with the implementation of a new capability to deal with improvised explosive device disposal was assessed.
The implementation of the NZDF’s Joint Logistics and Support Organisation was reviewed, as were policies for through life and life cycle costing of capital assets. The management of NZDF minor capital projects was also examined.
The NZDF’s systems and processes for monitoring and auditing hazardous substances management were audited.
Internal quality assurance was provided through the use of risk assessment to identify matters for the audit programme, the application of Evaluation Division policies, procedures and standards, and peer and managerial review.
The views of the Minister of Defence, Secretary of Defence and Chief of Defence Force were sought to confirm that the quality of audits and assessments was maintained.
Cost of Output Class - Audit and assessment of performance (GST exclusive)
For the year ended 30 June 2008
| 30/6/2007 Actual $000 | 30/6/2008 Actual $000 |
30/6/2008 Main estimates $000 |
30/6/2008 Supp. estimates $000 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ||||
| Crown | 1,876 | 1,842 | 1,842 | 1,842 |
| Other | 20 | 26 | 48 | 67 |
| Total revenue | 1,896 | 1,868 | 1,890 | 1,909 |
| Expenditure | ||||
| Personnel | 1,115 | 1,235 | 1,186 | 1,235 |
| Operating | 648 | 562 | 704 | 674 |
| Total expenditure | 1,763 | 1,797 | 1,890 | 1,909 |
| Surplus | 133 | 71 | - | - |
