Foreign Affairs and Trade: Portfolio Entities

Mr Fletcher asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister for Trade and Competitiveness, in writing, on 7 February 2012:

How many departments, agencies, commissions, Government owned corporations or other such bodies have been created within the Minister's portfolio since 24 November 2007 (excluding existing departments that have been re-named or merged into a larger entity), what is the name of each such entity, and how many fulltime equivalent employees did each such entity have at the end of 2011.

Dr Emerson: On behalf of the minister for Foreign Affairs and me, the answer to the honourable member's question is as follows:

No departments, agencies, commissions, Government owned corporations or other such bodies have been created within the Foreign Affairs and Trade Portfolio since 24 November 2007.