PREFACE

Preface
The Financial Management Act 1996 (FMA) requires that budget papers include the performance criteria to be met by departments in providing services to the community.  In presenting any Budget Papers or Supplementary Appropriation, it is a requirement that estimated outcome information be reported for the current budget period.  
The presentation of the 2005-06 Budget contains an enhanced framework for accountability and performance measurement.  This revised framework represents a significant departure from the performance measures utilised in the 2004-05 Budget Papers.  Reporting against measures under the old framework and the new framework within individual agencies Budget Paper 4 chapters could lead to significant confusion.
This paper, Appendix to 2005‑06 Budget Paper No. 4, has been prepared to report the estimated outcome against those performance measures nominated in the 2004‑05 Budget.  This paper will report on the performance of departments in delivering outputs in the 2004‑05 financial year.
This appendix reflects the changes to performance measures brought about by the Appropriation Act 2004-05 (No. 2), incorporates further transfers of appropriation made under section 16 of the FMA to align funding with changes to the administration of the government effected by the 4 November 2004 Administrative Arrangement Order, and other variations to appropriation and performance measures made, by instrument, under the FMA.  
Where estimated outcome information is available for the revised performance indicators used in the 2005-06 Budget Papers — including where the performance measures used in the 2004-05 Budget Papers have been continued within the 2005-06 Budget — this information is also reported in the individual agency chapters of Budget Paper No. 4.