CHAPTER 2 – DEPARTMENTAL PEFORMANCE STATEMENTS This chapter presents departmental performance statements that describe the objectives departments seek to achieve over the medium-term, the goods and services (outputs) departments are being funded to deliver these objectives, and associated performance indicators and targets. Chapter 1 of Budget Paper No. 3 describes the new initiatives that will be funded in 2013-14 and makes links with the base funding departments receive for ongoing programs. The departmental performance statements published in this chapter describe the services delivered by Government and, where relevant, have been updated to reflect the new initiatives in Chapter 1. The restructuring of the public service, effective 1 July 2013, continues the Government’s reform agenda and is designed to strengthen the focus on jobs and investment and increase the effectiveness and efficiency of service delivery. The performance statements included in this chapter have been updated for these changes. Further information describing the impact on performance statements is detailed below. Performance measures for each output are divided into Quality, Quantity, Timeliness and Cost categories. The performance measures help collectively describe the services being delivered and how they are measured. The 2013-14 Target articulates what the Government seeks or expects to achieve in the coming year. Each measure also provides historical data, such as the 2012-13 Target and the 2012-13 Expected Outcome. This allows assessment of a department’s performance over the previous year against the target for that period. Reforms to performance reporting The Government is continuing to reform departmental performance statements, building on reforms in previous years to improve the accountability and transparency of performance reporting including enhancing the role of the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee to review all proposed discontinued performance measures and the provision of budget papers and historical performance measures online in readily usable formats. In 2013-14, the Government has introduced the use of objective indicators to indicate progress in the achievement of objectives. 2013-14 Service Delivery Chapter 2 67 While there are inevitable limitations in using a small number of metrics to assess a department’s progress in achieving its objectives, the use of objective indicators will support the measurement and management of departmental performance over the medium-term. Progress figures will be published in each department’s annual report in the 2012-13 period and future periods. Output movements as a result of machinery of government changes Machinery of government changes take effect on 1 July 2013. The departmental performance statements published in this chapter are organised according to the new structure of the Victorian Public Service. From 1 July 2013 all outputs that are currently delivered by the Department of Sustainability and Environment will be delivered by the Department of Environment and Primary Industries, with the exception of one output which will be delivered by the Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. Similarly, all outputs currently delivered by the Department of Business and Innovation will be delivered by the Department of State Development, Business and Innovation, with the exception of one output which will be partially delivered by the Department of Treasury and Finance. In addition, all outputs currently delivered by the Department of Transport will be delivered by the Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. Outputs currently delivered by the Department of Primary Industries will be delivered by the Department of Environment and Primary Industries and the Department of State Development, Business and Innovation. Outputs currently delivered by the Department of Planning and Community Development will be delivered by the Department of Premier and Cabinet, the Department of State Development and Business Innovation , the Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure and the Department of Human Services. Footnotes for outputs and performance measures that have moved as a result of the machinery of government changes indicate which department was previously responsible for delivering the service described. The table below provides an overview of the movement of outputs between departments. Movement of outputs as a result of machinery of government changes Outputs Old Department Entire outputs moved between departments Veterans’ Affairs Department of Planning and Community Development Aboriginal Affairs Department of Planning and Community Development Regional Development Department of Planning and and Regional Cities Community Development 68 Chapter 2 New Department Department of Premier and Cabinet Department of Premier and Cabinet Department of State Development and Business Innovation 2013-14 Service Delivery Outputs Planning, Building and Heritage Local Government Sport and Recreation Land Victoria Office of the Victorian Government Architect Old Department Department of Planning and Community Development Department of Planning and Community Development Department of Planning and Community Development Department of Sustainability and Environment Department of Premier and Cabinet Outputs split between departments Community Development Department of Planning and Community Development Primary Industries Policy Department of Primary Industries Strategic and Applied Research Department of Primary Industries Practice Change Department of Primary Industries Regulation and Compliance Department of Primary Industries Employment and Industrial Relations Department of Business and Innovation 2013-14 Service Delivery New Department Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure Department of Human Services Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure Department of State Development and Business Innovation Department of State Development and Business Innovation Department of Environment and Primary Industries Department of State Development and Business Innovation Department of Environment and Primary Industries Department of State Development and Business Innovation Department of Environment and Primary Industries Department of State Development and Business Innovation Department of Environment and Primary Industries Department of State Development and Business Innovation Department of Treasury and Finance Chapter 2 69 Table 2.1: Changes to outputs by department Table 2.1 reflects the recent machinery of government (MOG) changes and shows that across government, outputs have reduced by 11 from 127 in 2012-13 to 116 in 2013-14. Department Existing departments Department of Education and Early Childhood Development Department of Health Department of Human Services Department of Justice Department of Premier and Cabinet Outputs Outputs Net 2012-13 2013-14 movement Reason for change 7 7 0 No change 24 15 16 13 24 10 16 12 0 (5) 0 (1) 10 6 10 6 0 0 No change Restructure No Change MOG/ Restructure No change No change 6 0 (6) MOG Department of Planning and Community Development Department of Primary Industries 7 0 (7) MOG 4 0 (4) MOG Department of Sustainability and Environment Department of Transport 9 0 (9) MOG 10 0 (10) MOG 0 8 8 0 8 8 0 15 15 MOG/ Restructure MOG/ Restructure MOG/ Restructure 127 116 (11) Department of Treasury and Finance Parliament/VAGO Old departments Department Business and Innovation New departments Department of Environment and Primary Industries Department of State Development, Business and Innovation Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure Total As the 2013-14 Budget reflects the full impact of the machinery of government changes effective from 1 July 2013, care needs to be taken when comparing these figures to unadjusted 2012-13 estimates. Footnotes have been included for tables where there has been a significant impact on the 2013-14 estimates from the changes. 70 Chapter 2 2013-14 Service Delivery The machinery of government changes include the merging of functions of the Department of Planning and Community Development and the Department of Primary Industries into various other departments, which have been factored into the statements in the manner mentioned above. In addition, the following name changes were effected by Order in Council on 9 April 2013 and new department names have been included in the tables: Department of State Development, Business and Innovation, formerly the Department of Business and Innovation; Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure, formerly the Department of Transport; and Department of Environment and Primary Industries, formerly the Department of Sustainability and Environment. Other matters to note Performance measures that are proposed to be substantially changed or discontinued in 2013-14 are identified in ‘Appendix A Output performance measures for review by the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee’. Situations where it is appropriate to substantially change or discontinue a performance measure include: where a current measure can be replaced by a more appropriate measure and the new measure will provide more meaningful information to the Parliament and the public; it is no longer relevant due to a change in Government policy or priorities and/or departmental objectives; milestones, projects or programs have been completed, substantially changed, or discontinued; and funding is not provided in the current budget for the continuation of the initiative. In the main, substantially changed or discontinued measures have been amended or replaced by new measures that provide a stronger basis for evaluation of performance in the delivery of services to the community. When reading the performance statements, ‘nm’ refers to a new performance measure and ‘na’ refers to data either not being available or not applicable in the specified year. Where a department has included a new measure in 2013-14, historical performance data has been provided, where available, to assist with analysis of the department’s performance over time. 2013-14 Service Delivery Chapter 2 71