(1)   Does his department plan to move from its current office location.

(2)   Will he list all the addresses that his department has occupied.

(3)   What has been the cost of moving his department to 9 May 2006.

(4)   What is the estimated cost of the planned move.

(5)   What is the explanation for previous and planned office moves.

(6)   From which budget allocation are office relocations funded.

(7)   How many work hours have been lost, by all staff, in office moves to 9 May 2006.

(8)   What is the estimated loss in work hours, by all staff, in the planned office move.

(9)   How long have past office relocations taken.

(10)   How long is the planned office relocation expected to take.

(11)   When is the planned office relocation expected to occur.

(12)   For how long does his department intend to stay at the new location.

(1)   Part of the Department’s staff moved into new premises at 65 Canberra Avenue in July 2006 whilst the Department also expanded at 10 National Circuit.

(2)   25 National Circuit, Barton ACT (this was temporary accommodation for several weeks in the set up phase of the Department and involved only a few staff) 10 National Circuit (CA House) Barton ACT (currently occupied) 28 National Circuit (Burns Centre) Forrest ACT 65 Canberra Avenue (MPL Building) Manuka ACT (currently occupied)

(3)   To 9 May 2006, the cost of relocating the Department has been approximately $0.12m.

(4)   The cost of the relocation of staff into 10 National Circuit and 65 Canberra Avenue is approximately $0.28m.

(5)   The Department has been increasing in size since its establishment. The increase in size has been due to the need to buildup from scratch its capacity for coordinating the delivery of Government services as well as the addition of new functions, such as the Job Capacity Assessment programme and the Health and Social Services Access Card.

(6)   Office relocations are funded from DHS’s departmental appropriation.

(7)   To 9 May 2006 it is estimated that approximately 580 work hours have been required for office moves.

(8)   It is estimated that 590 work hours were involved in the move to 10 National Circuit and 65 Canberra Avenue.

(9)   Past relocations have taken one working day each.

(10)   The relocation to 10 National Circuit and 65 Canberra Avenue took one working day plus the following weekend.

(11)   The relocation to 10 National Circuit and 65 Canberra Avenue took place in July 2006.

(12)   The Department intends occupying its current accommodation for the foreseeable future. To prepare this response it has taken approximately 7 hours and 25 minutes at an estimated cost of $368.