(1) How many senior executive service (SES) officers did the Department, and all Agencies within the portfolio, employ as at 15 December 1999.

(2) (a) What are the names of the officers; (b) what are their employment classifications within the SES band structure; and (c) what are the officers' total emoluments, including but not limited to: (i) salary (including any salary packaging undertaken), (ii) any travel entitlements, (iii) fringe benefits tax paid on the officers' behalf, (iv) use of motor vehicles, (v) mobile or home telephones, (vi) superannuation, (vii) performance payments, and (viii) other non-cash benefits (please specify).

(3) (a) How does the department and/or agency determine the basis for performance payments; and (b) in particular, what is the relationship between the performance payments policy and the department's and/or agency's actual performance.

(1) 24

(2) (a) and (b)

(c)The identification and assessment of each officer's individual financial arrangements and details is a major task and I am not prepared to authorise the time and expenditure to undertake it. In addition, the release of individual remuneration outcomes could raise privacy concerns. However, aggregate figures for SES salaries packages were published by the Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business (DEWRSB) in the September 1999 Key Pay Indicators (online) Update No. 1999/03. The update document is located on the DEWRSB website under the Government Employment entry point (Agreement Making):www.Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business.gov.au/group wr/agreemak/ecoupdate/key. These figures were prepared in December 1998 by the Australian Bureau of Statistics of behalf of DEWRSB and covers 24 Agencies and approximately 75% of all SES.

(3) (a) The Secretary determines performance payments based on appraisals of performance against performance agreements.

(b) Performance agreements are linked to planned business outcomes.