Appendix 3: Resourcing tables

This appendix contains:

a table summarising the total resources of the AAT and the total payments made by the AAT during 2017–18
a table showing the total expenses for the AAT’s outcome.

Resource statement

Table A3.1 AAT resource statement, 2017–18
	Actual available appropriation for 2017–18 $’000	Payments made 2017–18 $’000	Balance remaining 2017–18 $’000
	(a)	(b)	(a) – (b)

Ordinary annual services¹
Departmental appropriation per Portfolio Budget Statements 2017–18²	232,386	182,965	-
Prior periods adjustment³	22,713		-
Section 74 retained revenue receipts adjustment⁴	10,552		-
Departmental appropriation adjustments⁵	(1,454)

Total available annual appropriations and payments	264,197	182,965	81,232

Special appropriations
Special appropriations limited by criteria/entitlement
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 – section 77	5,016	5,016

Total special appropriations	5,016	5,016
Total net resourcing and payments for Administrative Appeals Tribunal	269,085	187,981	81,232

¹ Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2017–18. Includes $71.935m from prior periods and $1.177m in section 74 retained revenue receipts.

² Includes an amount of $3.081m in 2017–18 for the departmental capital budget. For accounting purposes this amount has been designated as ‘contributions by owners’.

³ Adjustment to reflect actual 2016–17 closing prior period appropriation.

⁴ Adjustment to reflect actual 2017–18 section 74 receipts.

⁵ Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2017–18 adjustments and withholdings under section 51 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act.

Expenses by outcome

Table A3.2 Expenses by outcome
Outcome 1: Provide correct or preferable decisions through a mechanism of independent review of administrative decisions that is accessible, fair, just, economical, informal, quick and proportionate.	Budget* 2017–18 $’000	Actual expenses 2017–18 $’000	Variation 2017–18 $’000
	(a)	(b)	(a) – (b)
Program 1.1: Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Administered expenses
Special appropriations	9,000	9,308	(308)
Departmental expenses
Departmental appropriation¹	155,459	141,544	13,915
Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year	10,100	12,588	(2,488)

Total expenses for Program 1	174,559	163,440	11,119

Total expenses for Outcome 1	174,559	163,440	11,119

	2016–17	2017–18
Average staffing level (number)²	517	582

^* Full year budget, including any subsequent adjustment made to the 2017–18 budget at Additional Estimates.

¹ Departmental appropriation combines ordinary annual services (Appropriation Act Nos. 1, 3 and 5) and retained revenue receipts under section 74 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act.

² Average staffing level numbers do not include Tribunal members.