Purchase Cards

In reply to Mr PISONI (Unley) (3 November 2016).

The Hon. S.E. CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for Higher Education and Skills): I have been advised:

A detailed listing of the number of purchase cards within the Department for Education and Child Development and the Department for Child Protection has been produced. This listing includes all active cards along with their credit limits.

The extract details that there are currently 445 active purchase cards being used within both departments with the following bands of credit limits:

Based on a review of purchase card transactions, it has been identified that for the 2015-16 financial year $45,509.38 was identified as spent on entertainment, in accordance with the department's corporate and site entertainment policies.

Spend associated with the purchase of alcohol falls under the provision of entertainment. A manual review identified three instances where alcohol was purchased for a total of $660.67.

Further investigation identified that these purchases were approved in accordance with the department's policy and relate to entertainment provided by the department's International Education Unit to overseas guests.