Statement of Responsibility

In terms of the Public Finance Act 1989, as Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development, I am responsible for the preparation of the Ministry's financial statements and statement of service performance and the judgements made in the process of producing those statements.
I have the responsibility for establishing and maintaining, and I have established and maintained, a system of
internal control procedures that provide reasonable assurance as to the integrity and reliability of our financial and non-financial reporting.
In my opinion, these financial statements and statement of service performance fairly reflect the financial position and operations of the Ministry of Social Development for the year ended 30 June 2009.

Peter Hughes
Chief Executive
30 September 2009

Countersigned by:
Nick Gale
Chief Financial Officer
30 September 2009