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2.3 Linkage between performance and expenditure
Detailed information related to the correlation between PBO performance information, and the budget is provided in Chapter 3: Financial Management.
The legislative mandate of the PBO is research based and the Office is a knowledge-based organisation. The main cost drivers incurred by the PBO during the 2022/23 FY required by the Office to discharge its legislative mandate reflected in the Table 7. As a knowledge organisation and as required by the Money Bills Act, the PBO provides independent and objective research, analysis and advice to Parliament on Money Bills and related matters. The PBO discharges its legislative mandate through its workforce i.e., its knowledge workers hence incurring a significant proportion of the allocated budget on compensation of expenditure, thus delineating as a cost indicator linking performance and expenditure. The PBO subscribes to an annually paid economic information system that enables the Office to mine economic-econometric data, package and analyse the data and present the complex data to MPs in an understandable format. The range of other goods and services costs enable the office to operate efficiently and effectively during the reporting period. These costs, the main cost drivers are reflected below as well as historical costs.
Table 7 Five years' financial report comparison
Financial Year
Compensation of employees
Recruitment expenses
Organisational design & development (ODD) costs
Access to information & data
ICT/ Communication costs
African Network of PBOs Conference
International & continental travel/ engagements
Domestic travel engagements
Personnel costs: entire staff complement
Subscription expenses
Cellphone, data and landline costs
AN-PBO Conference
Various domestic engagements
2022/23 FY
R15 428 797.24
R68 599.80
R0-00
R128 846
R46 564
R0-00
R369,783.38
R47 325
2021/22 FY
R13 699 433
R264 724
R331 800
R122 705
R66 699
R0-00
R0-00
R0-00
2020/21 FY
R14 181 006
R0-00
R0-00
R131 928
R35 862
R0-00
R0-00
R0-00
2019/20 FY
R14 645 055
R0-00
R0-00
#R125 649
R63 644.61
R0-00
##R0-00
R10 894.54
2018/19 FY
R13 937 589
R0-00
R0-00
R119 669
R61 092
R106 370
R273 472
R40 459
2017/18 FY
R14 657 957
R0-00
R0-00
R112 974
R74 667
R98 394
R256 048
R103 438
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