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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR TREASURY AND RESOURCES 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 his
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 context of measures already taken in responseto the need for efficiency savings for2007?
Answer
- ( i) £ 100,400,which represents about 4% of the £2.5 million.
(i i) T he department undertakes a monthly budget forecasting exercise to monitor and control its budget.
Current forecasts show that the department can accommodate the £100,400 pay award in 2007 due to staff turnover and vacancies.
(i ii ) It is not anticipated that there will be service cuts or delays in activities in 2007.
- T h e departmentwasrequired to make £1,358,000 ofpermanent efficiency savings in 2007, of which £900,000 relates to Property, £357,000 to the finance function and £101,000 to procurement and departmental efficiency savings.
T h e r eduction in funding arising from the 2007 pay award is for one year only as it will be factored into
the Departments' base budgets from 2008. It is, therefore, expected that the 2007 expenditure will be accommodated by close control of the 2007 budget.