Size of Prime Ministers personal staffs

Steve Allen made this Freedom of Information request to Department of Finance

This request has been closed to new correspondence from the public body. Contact us if you think it ought be re-opened.

Department of Finance did not have the information requested.

Dear Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet,
I am inquiring as to the number of personal staff employed in Prime Ministers Office, both full time and temporary, seconded or not.I
want to know in full time equivalent jobs, how many personal staff
each Prime Minister has had, by year

Yours faithfully,

Steve Allen

Yours faithfully,

Steve Allen

FOI Requests, Department of Finance

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Thank you for your email to the Freedom of Information section of the
Department of Finance and Deregulation. We have received your email and
will endeavour to respond to you as soon as possible.

 

You may view further information relating to Freedom of Information on the
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner’s [1]website.

 

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Dear Mr Allen,
You have addressed your FOI request to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C); however you have directed it to the Department of Finance and Deregulation (Finance) FOI section. Finance has significant management responsibilities of staff employed under the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984 (the MOP(S) Act), as such we will proceed with processing your request unless you advise that you intended your request be sent to PM&C.
Kind regards,
FOI Officer
Legal and Strategic Support Branch
Department of Finance and Deregulation
T: 02 6215 1783 | E: [Finance request email]  

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Dear FOI Requests,
The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet advised they do not have the information I seek, and referred me to Department of Finance

Yours sincerely,

Steve Allen

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Department of Finance and Deregulation. We have received your email and
will endeavour to respond to you as soon as possible.

 

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Dear FOI Requests,I wish to continue with my current request and direct this request to the Department of Finance and Deregulation

Yours sincerely,

Steve Allen

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Thank you for your email to the Freedom of Information section of the
Department of Finance and Deregulation. We have received your email and
will endeavour to respond to you as soon as possible.

 

You may view further information relating to Freedom of Information on the
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Good afternoon Mr Allen,

 

Thank you for your email of 9 July 2013 requesting the following
information under the FOI Act:

 

I am inquiring as to the number of personal staff employed in Prime
Ministers Office, both full time and temporary, seconded or not. I want to
know in full time equivalent jobs, how many personal staff each Prime
Minister has had, by year

 

It is currently unclear as to the exact scope of your request. The nature
of the information you have requested is publicly available on the
Parliament of Australia website.

 

Information relating to the number of personal staff employed in the Prime
Minister’s office is part of a document which is regularly tabled at
Senate Estimates and which is publically available at:
[1]http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Busi...
. This information has been tabled since approximately the 2004-05
Additional Estimates.

 

For example, the most recent document which was tabled relating to
Government persona positions can be found at this link:

[2]http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Busi...
- the document is titled ‘Government Personal Positions as at 1 May 2013’.

 

Information that is publicly available is outside the scope of the FOI
Act. On the basis that the above information is publicly available, are
you happy to withdraw your request?

 

Kind regards,

 

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FOI Officer

Legal and Strategic Support Branch

Department of Finance and Deregulation

T: 02 6215 1783 | E: [4][Finance request email]  

 

UNCLASSIFIED

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Good morning Mr Allen,

 

Could you please advise whether you have had an opportunity to consider
withdrawing your FOI request based on our email of 12 July 2013?

 

Kind regards,

 

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FOI Officer

Legal and Strategic Support Branch

Department of Finance and Deregulation

T: 02 6215 1783 | E: [2][Finance request email]  

 

 

 

UNCLASSIFIED

 

From: FOI Requests
Sent: Friday, 12 July 2013 3:52 PM
To: Steve Allen
Cc: FOI Requests
Subject: FOI 13/63 Scope of request [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

 

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Good afternoon Mr Allen,

 

Thank you for your email of 9 July 2013 requesting the following
information under the FOI Act:

 

I am inquiring as to the number of personal staff employed in Prime
Ministers Office, both full time and temporary, seconded or not. I want to
know in full time equivalent jobs, how many personal staff each Prime
Minister has had, by year

 

It is currently unclear as to the exact scope of your request. The nature
of the information you have requested is publicly available on the
Parliament of Australia website.

 

Information relating to the number of personal staff employed in the Prime
Minister’s office is part of a document which is regularly tabled at
Senate Estimates and which is publically available at:
[3]http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Busi...
. This information has been tabled since approximately the 2004-05
Additional Estimates.

 

For example, the most recent document which was tabled relating to
Government persona positions can be found at this link:

[4]http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Busi...
- the document is titled ‘Government Personal Positions as at 1 May 2013’.

 

Information that is publicly available is outside the scope of the FOI
Act. On the basis that the above information is publicly available, are
you happy to withdraw your request?

 

Kind regards,

 

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FOI Officer

Legal and Strategic Support Branch

Department of Finance and Deregulation

T: 02 6215 1783 | E: [6][Finance request email]  

 

UNCLASSIFIED

 

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Good afternoon Mr Allen,

 

Please find attached correspondence relating to your FOI request.

 

Kind regards,

 

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FOI Officer

Legal and Strategic Support Branch

Department of Finance and Deregulation

T: 02 6215 1783 | E: [2][Finance request email]  

 

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Caled Hund left an annotation ()

Steve Allen, the Department advised that the information you sought was publicly available on the Parliament House website. I've had a look and it seems to be. So this FOI is not awaiting classification it has been answered and is successful. It's all very well to create work but it really needs to be followed through.

Caled Hund