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BOARD PAPER
Paper no:
2018/03/1214 UNDER
Meeting date:
1 March 2018
Gavin Armstrong, Manager Organisational Performance
Prepared by:
John Coulter, Senior Manager, Operational Policy, Planning and
Performance, Investment and Finance
Jenny Chetwynd, General Manager Strategy, Policy and Planning
Recommended by:
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Howard Cattermole, General Manager, Investment and Finance
Board function:
Setting sector and organisational direction
Statement of Intent 2018-2022 and Statement of
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Subject:
Performance Expectations 2018-2019
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It is recommended that the NZ Transport Agency
Board resolves to …
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Receive an update on the process for developing the NZ Transport Agency’s
Statement of Intent 2018-2022 and Statement of performance expectations
2018-2019
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Receive the draft outlines and design concept for the NZ Transport Agency’s
Statement of Intent and Statement of Performance Expectations.
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Approve the Transport Agency’s non-financial performance information to be
provided to the Ministry of Transport for the Estimates for Vote Transport.
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Endorse the assumptions/principles to be used for developing the financial
elements of the Transport Agency’s Statement of Intent 2018-2022 and
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Statement of Performance Expectations 2018-2019
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The Board has multiple decision points
in developing the Statement of Intent and
Statement of Performance Expectations
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Decision
1 March meeting Round robin between 20 April meeting
29 March and 6 April
A pprove changes to the Transport
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Agencies strategic framework
Approve budget assumptions and
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principles
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Approve Vote Transport non-
financial performance measure
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targets
Approve KPIs, output class
measures, targets and prospective
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NZ Transport Agency and National
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Land Transport Programme budgets
Final approval of Statement of Intent
2018-2022 and Statement of
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Performance Expectations 2018/19
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In April 2018, the Board will be asked to approve
the NZ Transport Agency’s draft Statement of Intent
and Statement of Performance Expectations
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On 9 February 2018, the Board received an update on the next steps for developing the
Transport Agency’s Statement of Intent 2018-2022 and Statement of Performance
Expectations 2018-2019
[Board paper 2018/02/1211 refers]
• This paper advises the Board of the Transport Agency’s approach to developing these
documents, budget assumptions and principles, and seeks the Board’s approval of
performance information required to be provided to Ministry of Transport for the Vote
Transport Estimates of Appropriation UNDER
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A table later in the paper details future engagements with the Audit, Risk and Assurance
(ARA) Board Committee and Board, including:
Between 29 March and 6 April 2018 – Round robin discussion with the Board to consider a draft of
the Statement of Intent and core content for the Statement of Performance Expectations
17 April 2018 - Special ARA Board Committee meeting for the Board Committee to receive assurance
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on the draft Statement of Intent and Statement of Performance Expectations
20 April 2018 - Board meeting at which the documents will need to be approved for provision to the
Minister of Transport by 1 May 2018
• The Transport Agency must consider Ministry of Transport’s feedback, and finalise and
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publish the documents before 1 July 2018
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Endorsing the budget assumptions and principles
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• The Transport Agency uses a number of assumptions and principles to guide its
budgeting process
• The fol owing slides outline the assumptions and principles to be used in
developing the proposed financial elements of the Transport Agency’s Statement
of Intent 2018-2022 (SOI) and Statement of Performance Expectations 2018-2019
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(SPE)
• The principles and assumptions are broadly consistent with those fol owed in prior
years
• The key difference from 2017-2018 is the inclusion of provision for the net
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incremental costs of any new capacity or capability required to change planning
and investment priorities signalled by the Government (for example, to increase
capability in areas such as public transport, integrated land-use planning)
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The Transport Agency 2018- 2021 proposed budgets will
be prepared based on the following assumptions/principles
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Item Principle
Application in financial budgets
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The Transport Agency is strategy-led - its budget is
Budget developed to support strategic alignment, delivery of
the financial translation of decisions made in the
SPE activities, GPS priorities
business planning process
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The Transport Agency is reviewing the operational
Core operational budgets may change as a result of the
budget in light of the new Government’s priorities
business planning process through:
and Government Policy Statement on Land
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new activities or projects required to deliver against new
Transport (GPS). The Transport Agency will need
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additional capability on some areas and will have to -
Reduction or removal of activities that are no longer
resource up to provide leadership and assistance to
required or justified
the sector
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A base salary increase will be separately approved
Centrally applied adjustment to salary budgets
by the Remuneration and HR Board Committee
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Memorandum accounts balances should fluctuate
The budget to reflect those fee reviews where the process is
around zero over the long term. Commissions and
advanced to a stage that the outcome is reasonably certain. It
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transactions costs are expected to reflect realistic
is anticipated that the outcome of the Rail fees Review wil be
projections of volumes and the impact of fee
included in the 2018-2019 budget
reviews
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The projected National Land Transport Programme
Adjustments wil be made to output class expenditure to align
(NLTP) output class expenditure should reflect, as
with the new GPS. (Note that the GPS wil move from draft to
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far as practical, the new GPS
final during the budgeting/business planning process).
Continued …
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The Transport Agency 2018- 2021 proposed budgets will
be prepared based on the following assumptions/principles
continued
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Item Principle
Application in financial budgets
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The sum of the projected National Land Transport
Given the different timelines for completion of the SPE and
Programme output class expenditure should be within
NLTP, the best information available at the time wil be used for
the projected National Land Transport Fund funding
NLTF assumptions
levels including any carry over surplus and anticipated
financing and other funding arrangements
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As far as possible alignment will be sought between the
Given the different timelines for completion of the SPE and
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National Land Transport Programme projections and the
NLTP, the best information available at the time wil be used for
statement of intent/statement of performance
SPE budget assumptions – total alignment between the SPE
and NLTP wil not be possible.
One year only of budget information wil be detailed (as for the
prior year) to reflect delayed timetable and uncertainty for
NLTP 2018-2021, and the potential for a further GPS to be
published in 2019
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The cost of managing the funding allocation system
Budgets wil be tested for compliance with the [1.2%] threshold
(formerly MOFAS) to be less than [1.2%] of the total
NLTP expenditure (NLTF & Crown funded / finance
project spend), final % to be determined following
finalisation of overhead cost allocation and overall
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agency expenditure budget
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Non- financial performance measures for the
Transport Agency’s activities are also required for the
Estimates of Appropriation for Vote Transport
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A proportion (14%) of the Transport Agency’s funding comes through standard government
budget processes
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Governed by the Public Finance Act 1989, the Vote Transport section of the Government’s
annual budget comprises of 17 output areas belonging to the Transport Agency in
Annual/Permanent and Multi-year Appropriations (see below)
Annual/Permanent Appropriations
Multi-Year Appropriations
Non-Departmental Other Expenses
Departmental Output Expenses
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Bad Debt Provision – Motor Vehicle
Non-Departmental Capital Expenditure
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Fuel Excise Duty Refund
Registration/Licences and Road User
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Regional State Highways
Administration
Charges
Non-Departmental Output Expenses
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SuperGold Card – Public transport
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Crash Analysis
concessions for card holders
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Licensing Activities
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Urban Cycleways – Local Routes
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Ministerial Servicing by the NZTA
Non-Departmental Capital Expenditure
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National Land Transport Programme
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Auckland Transport Package Loan
Permanent Legislative Authority
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NLTP – New Infrastructure for and
(PLA)
Renewal of State Highways PLA
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Road User Charges Investigation and
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NLTF Borrowing Facility for Short-
Enforcement
Term Advances
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Road User Charges Refunds
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Regional State Highways
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SuperGold Card – Administration of
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Urban Cycleways – Crown Assets
the Public Transport Concession
Scheme
Multi-Category Expenses and Capital
Expenditure
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Reinstatement of the South Island
Transport Corridors
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Non- financial performance measures for the
Transport Agency’s activities are also required for the
Estimates of Appropriation for Vote Transport
continued
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The Transport Agency is held accountable for funding received through appropriations
via financial and non-financial performance information in each output area
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In preparation for 2018-2019 budget process, estimated performance against 2017-
2018 non-financial measures and confirmation of 2018-2019 non-financial measures
and targets are required
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The Estimates of Appropriation for Vote Transport is owned by the Ministry of Transport
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and the Ministry of Transport process for Estimates of Appropriation for Vote Transport
is set out below
Timing
Process step
Before 8 March 2018
Ministry of Transport works with Crown entities on the Estimates of
Appropriation
9-22 March 2018
Ministry of Transport works with Treasury on Estimates of
Appropriation
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23 March 2018
Draft Estimates of Appropriation provided to Ministry of Transport
April 2018
Minister of Transport signs off the Estimates of Appropriation for
Vote Transport and provides it to Minister of Finance
Approx late May 2018
Budget Day
March 2018
Make adjustments to the appropriation if required through
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Supplementary Estimates
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A subset of the performance measures in the
Statement of Performance Expectations is used for the
Vote Transport Estimates of Appropriation
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The appropriation performance measures in Vote Transport are either subsets of, or
aligned with, the measures in the Transport Agency’s annual Statement of Performance
Expectations (SPE). There are more measures in the Statement of Performance
Expectations because they cover all Transport Agency funding, not just the
appropriations subset
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The timing for approval of measures differs slightly between the appropriations
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(Vote Transport) and output class (SPE) measures
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The Board is asked to approve the Vote Transport information in Attachment One
(appropriation measures) for provision to the Ministry of Transport by 9 March 2018
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In due course, the Board will be asked to approve the full SPE via round robin between
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29 March 2018 and 6 April 2018, and to the ARA Board Co
1982mmittee and the Board in
April 2018.
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Any changes to the Vote Transport measures or targets, should they be required, could
be accommodated in the Supplementary Estimates in March 2019
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There are no substantive changes to the
information in the Estimates of Appropriation
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• The non-financial information provided for the Estimates of Appropriation (refer
Attachment One) includes, for each appropriation:
• a performance measure
• the 2017/18 standard and estimated actual result, and
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• the 2018/19 target
• The measures and targets represent minimum performance standards for core
activities funded through the appropriation (and delivered under the Transport
Agency’s output classes)
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The Statement of Intent and Statement of Performance
Expectations will reflect the refreshed strategy
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• The outlines and design concept for the Statement of Intent and Statement of
Performance Expectations are contained in Attachments Two and Three
• The form and content of the Statement of Intent and Statement of Performance
Expectations wil reflect the Transport Agency’s refreshed strategy post
Government Policy Statement (GPS) changes
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• The documents wil highlight the Transport Agency’s contribution to the
Government’s priorities and how it wil deliver on the Minister of Transport’s
expectations for 2018-2019
• Ministry of Transport officials and KPMG have been advised of the proposed
approach and understand the Transport Agency’s rationale
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The following engagement is planned on the
Transport Agency’s 2018/19 accountability documents
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BOARD & ARA
BOARD & ARA
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CHAIRS UNDER
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DISCUSSION
ASSURANCE
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DOCUMENT CONTENT
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ARA
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AUTHORITY
AUTHORITY
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17 APRIL
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BY 1 MAY
BY 1 JULY
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STATEMENT OF INTENT 2018-2022
Document outline and design concept
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Revised (consolidated) focus areas
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draft
final
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Final draft statement of intent for provision to responsible ministers
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Final statement of intent reflecting feedback from responsible
ministers
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STATEMENT OF PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS 2018/19
Document outline and design concept
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Revised (consolidated) focus area commentary
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draft
final
final
Significant activities for focus areas
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draft
final
final
Measures and targets for key performance indicators
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draft
final
final
Measures and targets for output classes
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draft
final
final
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Financial forecasts for output classes
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excluding business
planning outcomes
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draft
$ Financial assumptions and principles
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report on compliance
report on compliance
$ Prospective financial statements
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draft
draft
Final draft statement of performance expectations (inc. prospective
financial statements) for provision to responsible ministers
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Final statement of performance expectations reflecting feedback
from responsible ministers
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Attachments and supporting information
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There are three attachments:
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Attachment One
The Transport Agency’s non-financial performance information for the
Vote Transport Estimates of Appropriation 2018-2019
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Attachment Two
The draft outlines for the Transport Agency’s
Statement of Intent 2018-22
and
Statement of Performance Expectations 2018-2019
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Attachment Three
The design concept for the
Statement of Intent 2018-2022 and
Statement
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of Performance Expectations 2018-2019
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Document Outline