A Ministerial Statement of Expectation (SOE) is a formal public statement made by the responsible minister(s) to each regulator providing clear guidance on the government’s strategic priorities as they relate to the regulator.
In September 2022, the Department of Treasury and Finance developed a new Statement of Expectations Framework for Regulators. The purpose of the revised Framework is to facilitate a dialogue between Ministers, departments and regulators to identify government’s priorities and emerging risks and to establish a process for addressing these priorities through regulators’ existing business planning processes.
Under the new framework, regulators are not required to provide a response to the Minister’s letter, but their business plans must clearly demonstrate how they will meet their Minister’s expectations and include milestones to determine when the Minister’s letter needs to be updated or renewed.
The Minister’s letter and progress reports are to be made publicly available.
Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority (VRQA), education and training regulator
November 2022 SOE
November 2022 ministerial SOE letter to VRQA (PDF, 308KB)
July 2021 SOE
July 2021 ministerial SOE letter to VRQA (PDF, 483KB)
2019-21 SOE
2019-21 ministerial SOE letter to VRQA (PDF, 342KB)
2019-21 VRQA board SOE response to minister - October 2019
2018-19 SOE
2018-19 ministerial SOE letter to VRQA (PDF, 1.74MB)
2018-19 VRQA board SOE response to minister - March 2018
SOE evaluation reports
2018-19 VRQA SOE evaluation report (PDF, 2.89MB)
Quality Assessment and Regulation Division (QARD), early childhood services regulator
2020-22 SOE
2020-22 ministerial SOE letter to QARD (PDF, 534KB)
2020-22 QARD SOE response to minister (PDF, 96KB)
2019-20 SOE
2019-20 ministerial SOE letter to QARD (PDF, 194KB)
2019-20 QARD SOE response to minister - 26 September 2019 (PDF, 173KB)
2018-19 SOE
2018-19 ministerial SOE letter to QARD (PDF, 550KB)
2018-19 QARD SOE response to minister (PDF, 228KB)
SOE evaluation reports
2018-20 QARD SOE evaluation report (PDF, 516KB)
2018-20 QARD SOE evaluation report (DOCX, 446KB)
Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT), teaching regulator
2020-22 SOE
2020-22 ministerial SOE letter to VIT (PDF, 291KB)
2020-22 VIT SOE response to minister (PDF, 369KB)
2018-20 SOE
2018-20 ministerial SOE letter to VIT
2018-20 VIT SOE response to minister - 10 September 2018 (PDF, vit.vic.edu.au)
SOE evaluation reports
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