VPRS 18695 Departmental Cabinet-in-Confidence Working Records, Andrews/Allan Government [Early Childhood and Pre-Prep (previously Early Childhood)]

Full description

This series comprises Cabinet-in-Confidence records related to the Early Childhood Ministerial Portfolio of the Andrews/Allan Government created within the Department of Education and Training (VA 5035) to assist:

- in the preparation or tracking of a submission to Cabinet or a Cabinet Committee,
- in the development of advice to a Minister or departmental officer on any matter that has been or is intended to be considered by Cabinet or one of its Committees, or in the communication of outcomes of Cabinet or Cabinet Committee deliberations.

Cabinet-in-Confidence related papers include:
- any original, draft, extract or copy of a document which relates to or refers to a matter that has been or is intended to be considered by Cabinet or one of its Committees,
- any background, issues, discussion or consultation papers relating to a matter that has been or is intended to be considered by Cabinet or one of its Committees.

Examples include:
- draft Cabinet or Cabinet Committee material and any proposed or actual attachment to Cabinet or Cabinet Committee submissions,
- Ministerial briefing notes, memos or speaking notes,
- departmental briefing notes, memos, comments and discussion papers on Cabinet material, such as possible legislation proposals or terms of reference for a Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry,
- relevant legal opinions,
- correspondence identifying Cabinet-in-Confidence information,
- internal distribution lists for Cabinet-in-Confidence material, and
- Cabinet or Cabinet Committee memberships and meeting schedules.

For Cabinet-in-Confidence records created by the Cabinet Office, refer to VPRS 12643 Cabinet Office Records, Multiple Number System.

Note: The original signed submission and submissions and briefs prepared by Departments and not submitted to Cabinet also form part of departmental Cabinet-in-Confidence records, (i.e. this series).

This portfolio commenced in September 2020 (Victoria Government Gazette No. S496, 29 September 2020). In the first term of the Andrews/Allan government there had been a similar portfolio VPRS 18592 Early Childhood Education, but it was not retained after the 2018 election.

The name of the portfolio was changed to include Pre-Prep on 27 June 2022 (Victoria Government Gazette, No. S319, 27 June 2022).

The portfolio was abolished as part of machinery-of-government changes implemented by Premier Jacinta Allan after the resignation of Premier Daniel Andrews, and replaced with the Children portfolio (supported by the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing VA 5256) (Victoria Government Gazette No. S520, 2 October 2023).