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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS BY DEPUTY G.P. SOUTHERN OF ST. HELIER
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 1st MAY 2007
Question
- W o uld the Minister informmembers –
( i) w hat proportion of the £2.5 million required to fund the 2007 States employees' pay award her
department has had to absorb?
(i i) w hat measures have been taken to meet this additional cost?
(i ii ) w hether such actions amount to service cuts or delays in certain activities, and
- W o uld the Minister place these in contextofmeasures already takeninresponseto the n ee d for efficiency savings for 2007?
Answer
- ( i) £ 415,200 of which£117,400 has been allocated from central funds, leaving a shortfall of£297,800 to be absorbedbytheDepartment.
(i i) T he Department monitors its budget on a monthly basis in order that control and forecasting can be
exercised over expenditure. The pay award for 2007 will need to be afforded from phasing the introduction of the Discrimination Law; staff turnover and vacancies across Home Affairs services; reduction in overtime expenditure; and cancellation of some training courses.
( ii i) T he Department will be making a determined effort to minimise the effect, but the measures
outlined in paragraph ii) cannot be carried without impact on services.
- T h e Home Affairs Departmenthad already planned to meet the majority of its 2007 efficiency savings by foregoing non-staff inflation expenditure. The relatively small residual amount of efficiency savings required has been addedto the larger sum to fund the 2007 pay rise and is therefore part of the measures outlined above.