House of Assembly Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1) 54 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Answers to Questions Human Services Department Human Services Department Ms COOK House of Assembly Hurtle Vale Human Services Department 475 Ms COOK (Hurtle Vale) (29 November 2018). Regarding the Department for Human Services, what is the breakdown of attraction, retention, and performance allowances, as well as non-salary benefits, paid to public servants and contractors in the year 2017-18? The Hon. V.A. CHAPMAN House of Assembly Bragg Deputy Premier Attorney-General Human Services Department The Hon. V.A. CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General): The Minister for Human Services has provided the following advice: For the 2017-18 financial year, the Department for Human Services paid $235,860.36 for attraction, retention, performance allowances and non-salary benefits to public servants. This figure does not include payments made to employees of Housing SA. The breakdown of allowances paid in 2017-18 is as follows: Allowance Type Amount Paid Attraction Allowances $123,249.95 Retention Allowances $112,610.41 Total $235,860.36 The department pays invoices for hours worked by contractors and does not hold a breakdown of allowances for the same.