House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)
2013-02-06 Daily Xml

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GOVERNMENT INVOICES AND ACCOUNTS

Mr MARSHALL (Norwood—Leader of the Opposition) (15:04): Just following on from the minister's answer, he said that they were on track except in health. Could he outline to the house what the performance in health has been and what their in full, on time payment has been for the last financial year?

The SPEAKER: Alright, supplementary question taken by the Minister for Health.

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health and Ageing, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for Defence Industries, Minister for Veterans' Affairs) (15:04): I am happy to take the question. The target for Treasurer's Instruction 11 is the payment of 90 per cent of invoices by the due date as measured by invoice volume. SA Health paid 92.2 per cent of invoices within 60 days in 2011-12. For the 2011-12 financial year SA Health paid 70.4 per cent of invoices by the due date, with an additional 21.8 per cent of invoices paid late but within 30 per cent of the due date.