(1)   How many credit cards have been issued to employees of the Minister’s department and agencies in each financial year since 1 July 2000.

(2)   Of the credit cards identified in Part (1):

(a)   how many have been reported lost;

(b)   how many have been reported stolen;

(c)   have any been subject to fraud; if so, what was the total cost of each incident;

(d)   what is the average credit limit for each financial year;

(e)   what was the total amount of interest accrued; and

(f)   have any employees been subjected to criminal proceedings as a result of credit card fraud.

(1)   The table below identifies the number of credit cards issued in each financial year since 1 July 2000 to the employees of the Minister’s department and agencies:

(2)   Of the credit cards issued in the response to Part (1)

(a)   The table below identifies how many credit cards have been reported lost:

	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Department of the Environment and Water Resources	0	1	0	2	20	3	4
Director of National Parks	Records not retained	Records not retained	Records not retained	Records not retained	8	0	1
Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	0
Sydney Harbour Federation Trust	N/A	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bureau of Meteorology	Records not retained	0	7	5	5	10	0
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority	Records not retained	Records not retained	Records not retained	1	1	1	0

(b)   The table below identifies how many credit cards have been reported stolen:

	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Department of the Environment and Water Resources	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Director of National Parks	Records not retained	Records not retained	Records not retained	Records not retained	0	0	0
Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	0
Sydney Harbour Federation Trust	N/A	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bureau of Meteorology	Records not retained	5	4	2	2	1	0
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority	Records not retained	Records not retained	Records not retained	1	0	1	0

(c)   The table below identifies how many credit cards have been subject to fraud, and the cost of each incident:

	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Department of the Environment and Water Resources	0	1 $1,380.53	0	0	1 $3,056.15	0	0
Director of National Parks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	0
Sydney Harbour Federation Trust	N/A	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bureau of Meteorology	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

(d)   Information on the average credit limit for the department and portfolio agencies for each financial year is not readily available. This is due to the number of divisions within the department, the number of agencies within the portfolio and the different credit card services suppliers that have been used over the period requested.

(e)   The table below identifies the total amount of interest accrued:

	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Department of the Environment and Water Resources	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Director of National Parks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	0
Sydney Harbour Federation Trust	N/A	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bureau of Meteorology	$11	$6	$16	$8	$10	$4	$1
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

(f)   One employee has been subjected to criminal proceedings as a result of credit card fraud.