Veterans’ Review Board Annual Report

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In the Department of Veterans’ Affairs Portfolio Budget Statement (PBS) and the Portfolio Additional Estimates Statement (PAES) the VRB comes under Outcome 1 and Output 1.3. Detailed financial statements including those relating to the VRB are contained in the Annual Report of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs.

Table 11 outlines actual expenditure for the VRB for the 2009-10 and 2010-11 financial years. Total expenditure for the VRB in the financial year 2010-11 was $5 380 000 compared to $5 417 000 in 2009-10. Average expenditure on each application finalised by the VRB during the year was $1540. In 2009-10 the figure was $1450.

Table 15: Veterans' Review Board - Expenditure ($000s)
	2009-10	2010-11
Salaries (includes superannuation)
Members	2,448	2,534
Staff (includes o/time & temps)	2,430	2,290
TOTAL	4,878	4,824
Fares
Members	72	114
Staff	16	19
Cars (includes parking)	35	23
TOTAL	123	156
Accommodation
Members	63	64
Staff	5	3
TOTAL	68	67
Travelling Allowance
Members	121	57
Staff	6	7
TOTAL	127	64
Office Requisites
Stationery and office requisites	32	32
Library	3	7
Printing	21	14
TOTAL	56	53
Postage and Telephones
Postage	45	49
Telephones/fax/IT	1	6
TOTAL	46	55
Incidental Expenditure
Freight & cartage	27	25
Advertising	7	7
Training	55	85
Miscellaneous	17	30
Archiving	13	14
TOTAL	119	161
GRAND TOTAL	5,417	5,380

Fraud control

The VRB remains committed to developing and maintaining best practice strategies for the prevention and detection of fraud. The Finance Manager bears responsibility for fraud control and prevention and detection activities within the VRB.

There were no incidents of fraud detected or reported for the VRB during the financial year.

Certification of VRB Fraud Control Arrangements

I, Doug Humphreys, certify that I am satisfied that for the financial year 2010-11 the VRB:

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  Has had appropriate fraud risk assessments and fraud control plans in place that comply with the Commonwealth Fraud Control Guidelines;
  
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  Has had appropriate fraud prevention, detection, investigation and reporting procedures and processes in place; and
  
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  Has collected and reported on annual fraud data in a manner that complies with the Commonwealth Fraud Control Guidelines.
  

Doug Humphreys
Principal Member
1 October 2011