Department of Transport Annual Report 2010 - 2011

36. Explanatory Statement (continued)
(v) Significant variances between estimate and actual for 2011 – Administered income
82
2011
Estimate
$ 000
2011
Actual
$ 000
Variance
$ 000
Administered Revenue 721 408 1 571 030 849 622
The significant items comprising the variance were:
- Items not reflected in Budget Statements
for the Department of Transport
• Third party insurance surcharge
collected on behalf of the Insurance
Commission of WA.
• Stamp Duty on motor vehicle registrations,
budgeted for by the Department of Treasury
(DT), where collections are made through
licensing centres and transferred to the DT.
- Other Variances
• Increase in Motor Vehicle Licence fee
revenue is due to growth in the number
of registered vehicles, combined with
increases of fees for light vehicles and
higher rates for heavy vehicles.
• Increase to Motor Drivers Licence renewals
is primarily due to Motor Drivers Licence
renewals being dependent upon the time
period chosen at the last renewal. Motor
Driver Licence Fees are cyclical in nature and
the number of driver licences expiring in this
period has increased.
• Increase in Federal and Interstate Licence
Fees revenue mainly due to the growth in the
number of registered vehicles, combined
with the increase of fees for heavy vehicle
within the scheme.
• Increase in Plate Infringement Fines is due
to higher than expected fines issued for
failure to return number plates.
• Reduction in revenue from Speed and Red
Light Traffic Infringement Fines is due to
lower than forecast issue of infringements by
WA Police Service.
532 754
343 017
19 367
2 616
2 045
467
(49 961)
(vi) Significant variations between actuals for 2010 and 2011 – Administered income
2011
Actual
$ 000
2010
Actual
$ 000
Variance
$ 000
Administered Revenue
The significant items comprising the variance
were:
1 571 030 1 481 539 89 491
• Increase in Third party motor vehicle
insurance premium revenue.
23 411
• Increase in revenue from Stamp Duty on
motor vehicle registrations.
12 009
- Other Variances
• Increase in Motor Vehicle Licence revenue
mainly attributable to growth in the number of
registered vehicles combined with increases
to vehicle licence fees for light vehicles and
higher rates for heavy vehicles determined
by the National Tranport Commission.
• Increase in Speed and Red Light
Infringement Fines primarily a result of
increases to fines and increase in the number
of infringements issued.
(vii) Authorisations to expend in advance of appropriation
38 101
11 763
Authorisation has been given to expend $5.463
million in advance of appropriation in 2010-11
comprising the following:
• Funding to address cost pressures and
revenue shortfalls.
6 075
• Enhanced Speed enforcement - additional
infringement processing.
2 360
• Funding provided for an increase in provision
for long service leave, as a result of the
annual review of adequancy provision.
715
• Salary Escalation. 26
• Deferral of appropriation to 2011-12. (3 185)
• Public Transport Plan. ( 300)
• Severance Savings. ( 228)