(1) (a)   When was the Office of the Chief Executive Officer in the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) established; and (b) what was the initial staff allocation and annual budget for the office.

(2) (a)   What financial and staffing resources have been transferred from other areas of CASA into the Office of the Chief Executive Officer; and (b) in each case, when were these financial and staff resources transferred.

(3)   For each year since the establishment of the Office of the Chief Executive Officer: (a) what was the office’s annual budget, establishment staffing level and actual staffing level; (b) what was the Chief Executive Officer’s travel, accommodation and other expenses; (c) what variations were made to the office budget including the cost category, the initial allocation and the revised allocation; and (d) what salaries were paid to, and travel, accommodation and other expenses incurred by officers other than the Chief Executive Officer, by category, and any variations to the level of funding for these cost categories.

(1)  

(a)   The Office of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) was established on 3 February 2004, following the abolition of the Board in 2003.

(b)   The initial staff allocation for the Office of the CEO was nine positions of which seven were filled. The budget allocated for the period 3 February to 30 June 2004 was $610,000, equating to an annualised budget of $1,464,000.

(2) (a)   and (b) At the time of establishment of the Office of the CEO in February 2004, four of the seven positions filled were transferred from other areas of CASA into the Office of the CEO, together with associated funding for those four positions. Since that time, a number of adjustments have been made as required to the actual staffing of the positions. In August 2004, an additional position and associated funding was transferred into the Office of the CEO from another area of CASA. In December 2005, an additional position and associated funding was transferred into the Office of the CEO from another area of CASA. Overall, the establishment was increased by one position in 2004-05 and decreased by two positions in 2005-06. Current establishment is eight positions, of which seven are currently filled. Note: These numbers exclude the Change Implementation Team (CIT) which was part of the Office of the CEO for some of 2005 but was established as a separate business area in October 2005.

(3)   For each year since the establishment of the Office of the CEO:

(a)   Annual budget, establishment staffing level and actual staffing level of the Office of the CEO:

	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
	(Feb-June)
Annual Budget	$610,000	$1,793,000	$1,802,000
Establishment Staffing Level	9	10	8
Actual Staffing Level	7	8	7

(b)   CEO’s travel, accommodation and other expenses:

	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
	(Feb-June)		(July-Dec)
Travel	$15654	$47603	$15794
Accommodation $6530		$27419	$8646
Other travel related expenses	$4170	$32751	$15669

(c)   Variations to the office budget of the Office of the CEO:

	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
	(Feb-June)
Initial Allocation	$610,000	$1,773,000	$1,727,000
Variations:
Salaries	Nil	+$92,000	+$13,000
Controllable expenses	Nil	-$72,000	+$62,000
Revised Allocation	$610,000	$1,793,000	$1,802,000

(d)   Salaries, travel, accommodation and other expenses incurred by officers other than the CEO:

	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
	(Feb-June)		(July-Dec)
Salaries	$231,000	$1,054,000	$513,000
Travel	$12,000	$13,000	$18,000
Accommodation	Nil	$6,000	$7,000
Other travel related expenses	$1,000	$5,000	$3,000