Statement of Accountability

The Chief Executive of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet is accountable to the Prime Minister for the financial and human resources management of the Crown's investment in the department and for the production of the classes of outputs detailed in its Statement of Service Performance, with the following exceptions:

• The Secretary of the Cabinet is responsible directly to the Prime Minister for the impartial recording of Cabinet decisions and the development and administration of Cabinet processes. The Secretary is also responsible to Cabinet as a whole for ensuring the confidentiality of Cabinet proceedings and the impartial and effective operation of the Cabinet system.
• The Secretary of the Cabinet, as Clerk of the Executive Council, is responsible directly to the Governor-General and the Prime Minister for servicing the Executive Council and providing advice as may be required on constitutional matters.
• The Director of the External Assessments Bureau is accountable to the Prime Minister for the provision of impartial information and assessments under Output Class 3: Intelligence assessments on developments overseas.

[Signed by]
Maarten Wevers CNZM
Chief Executive
Date: 25 September 2009

[Signed by]
Brent Anderson
Corporate Services Manager
Date: 25 September 2009