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Staff
2.17
The overall position of accounting staff within Headquarters and the Offices of the Public Works Department shows little change in comparison with last year and the staffing difficulties referred to at that time still persist. A permanent post of Treasury Accountant was created and filled in late December, 1975, and was offset by the deletion of one of the two permanent posts of Accounting Officer I. As in previous years, the Director of Accounting Services was unable to fill all existing approved posts. For this reason and in the light of the financial situation which prevailed throughout the year, no decision has been taken on the creation of additional posts as recommended in the report on the accounting staff requirements of the Architectural Office which was forwarded to the Accountant General in 1972.
2.18
Despite the problems referred to above, the Department's accounting officers have been required to exercise increasingly rigid control over the provisions contained in the 1975-76 estimates.
2.19
The year under review also saw a revision of the financial limits and criteria applied to the Public Works Department List of Approved Contractors. This revision required a complete review of the audited accounts of all Approved Contractors and this is being undertaken by the Treasury Accountant in Headquarters. It is expected that the revised criteria will be formally introduced early in the next financial year.
Expenditure
2.20
Departmental expenditure for the year ending 31st March, 1976, including that incurred on behalf of the Services, amounted to $1,784,433,535 compared with last year's record expenditure of $2,135,122,681, showing a decrease of $350,689,146 or 16.42%. This expenditure represents 29.58% of total Government expenditure for the 1975-76 financial year and maintains the Public Works Department in its position as the largest spending department in Government.
2.21
As may be seen from the comparative analysis of expenditure at Appendix F there have been substantial decreases in expenditure for Public Works Non-Recurrent Heads and these are reflected also in the number of payment vouchers examined and passed for payment. There were 25,520 of these as against 26,149 in the previous year, a decrease of 2.41%
Heads 63 to 68: Public Works Department
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Personal emoluments
2.22
Although there was a decrease in the approved establishment of the Department from 16,310 in the previous year to 15,857, the resultant expenditure of $277,132,941 or 15.53% of total departmental expenditure exceeded the approved estimate of $269,992,000 by $7,140,941 and showed an increase of $4,540,895 or 1.67% over the previous year's expenditure.
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Staff
2.17
The overall position of accounting staff within Headquarters and the Offices of the Public Works Department shows little change in comparison with last year and the staffing difficulties referred to at that time still persist. A permanent post of Treasury Accountant was created and filled in late December, 1975, and was offset by the deletion of one of the two permanent posts of Accounting Officer I. As in previous
years,
the Director of Accounting Services was unable to fill all existing approved posts. For this reason and in the light of the financial situation which prevailed throughout the year, no decision has been taken on the creation of additional posts as recommended in the report on the accounting staff requirements of the Architectural Office which was forwarded to the Accountant General in 1972.
2.18
Despite the problems referred to above, the Department's accounting officers have been required to exercise increasingly rigid control over the provisions contained in the 1975-76 estimates.
2.19
The year under review also saw a revision of the financial limits and criteria applied to the Public Works Department List of Approved Contractors. This revision required a complete review of the audited accounts of all Approved Contractors and this is being undertaken by the Treasury Accountant in Headquarters. It is expected that the revised criteria will be formally introduced early in the next financial year.
Expenditure
2.20
Departmental expenditure for the year ending 31st March, 1976, including that incurred on behalf of the Services, amounted to $1,784,433,535 compared with last year's record expenditure of $2,135,122,681, showing a decrease of $350,689,146 or 16.42%. This expenditure represents 29.58% of total Government expenditure for the 1975-76 financial year and maintains the Public Works Department in its position as the largest spending department in Government.
2.21
As may be seen from the comparative analysis of expenditure at Appendix F there have been substantial decreases in expenditure for Public Works Non-Recurrent Heads and these are reflected also in the number of payment vouchers examined and passed for payment. There were 25,520 of these as against 26,149 in the previous year, a decrease of 2.41%
Heads 63 to 68: Public Works Department
Q
Personal emoluments
2.22
Although there was a decrease in the approved establishment of the Department from 16,310 in the previous year to 15,857, the resultant expenditure of $277,132,941 or 15.53% of total departmental expenditure exceeded the approved estimate of $269,992,000 by $7,140,941 and showed an increase of $4,540,895 or 1.67% over the previous year's expenditure.
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