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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR HOUSING BY DEPUTY G.P. SOUTHERN OF ST. HELIER
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 1st MAY 2007
Question
- Would the Minister informmembers –
(i ) what proportion of the £2.5 million required to fund the 2007 States employees' pay award his
department has had to absorb?
( ii ) what measures have been taken to meet this additional cost?
( ii i) w h e ther such actions amount to service cuts or delays in certain activities, and
- Would the Minister place these in contextofmeasures already takeninresponseto the n e edfor efficiency savings for 2007?
Answer
- (i) The totalcostof the pay award for Housing is £39,500,£11,200 is being provided byTreasury and £28,300isabsorbedby the department. The£28,300absorbed represents 1.12 per centof the total£2.5 million required to fund the 2007 States employees' pay award.
( ii ) The additional cost has been met by sacrificing some of the year to date favourable variance in staff costs. The year to date favourable variance in staff costs has arisen as a result of staff vacancies.
( i ii) The Housing maintenance budget would have benefited from the favourable variance in staff costs.
However service cuts will not be required to fund this particular pay award.
- In total including the £28,300 from the pay award, the efficiency savings required to bedeliveredbyHousing are £137,500in addition to an approved service reductionof£190,000inHousingMaintenance.