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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 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 ) E conomicDevelopment has had to absorb £27,700 of the£2.5 million required to fund the 2007 States employees' pay award
(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 cost in 2007 without detrimental effect to the business plan.
(i ii ) It is not anticipated that there will be service cuts or delays in activities in 2007.
- T h e departmentwasrequired to make£155,800 efficiency savings in 2007. Thesewereachievedby a fundamental review ofthedepartment'sexpenditure.
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 Department's base budgets from 2008. It is, therefore, expected that the 2007 pay award cost will be accommodated by close control of the 2007 budget.