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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
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      <name>Communities and Social Inclusion Department Business Contracts and Service Level Agreements</name>
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          <heading>Communities and Social Inclusion Department Business Contracts and Service Level Agreements</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="1807" kind="question">
        <name>Dr McFETRIDGE</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Morphett</electorate>
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          <question date="2015-07-30" qonNum="32">
            <name>Communities and Social Inclusion Department Business Contracts and Service Level Agreements</name>
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          <inserted>32 <by role="member" id="1807">Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett)</by> (30 July 2015).  How many major business contracts and service level agreements were undertaken by the Department for Communities and Social Inclusion in the current financial year and how many payments are overdue by each of 20, 30, 60 and 120 days?</inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="4623" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. Z.L. BETTISON</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Ramsay</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Social Housing</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Multicultural Affairs</name>
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            <name>Minister for Ageing</name>
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            <name>Minister for Youth</name>
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            <name>Minister for Volunteers</name>
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          <question date="2015-07-30" qonNum="32">
            <name>Communities and Social Inclusion Department Business Contracts and Service Level Agreements</name>
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            <by role="member" id="4623">The Hon. Z.L. BETTISON (Ramsay—Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion, Minister for Social Housing, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Ageing, Minister for Youth, Minister for Volunteers):</by>  I have been advised: </inserted>
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          <inserted>During 2014-15, the Department for Communities and Social Inclusion held 10 major business contracts and service levels agreements with an annual contracted value of over $4.4 million (GST inclusive), which is a commonly used financial threshold in government in relation to major or significant contracts, consistent with Treasurer's Instruction 17. </inserted>
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          <inserted>Of a total of 289,855 invoices paid by the Department for Communities and Social Inclusion during 2014-15, 2,340 or 0.811% were overdue using the government standard of payment within 30 days.</inserted>
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