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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT AND TECHNICAL SERVICES
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 contextofmeasures already takeninresponseto the n ee d for efficiency savings for 2007?
Answer
- ( i ) T hedepartment has been asked to absorb£153,100 of the £2.5 million requiredto fund the 2007 States employees' pay award.
(i i ) The additional cost will be met from a combination of expenditure restraints and from a projected
increase in income.
(i ii ) D ue to the fact that the Department has only been asked to fund an additional cost of £153,100 in
2007 it is not anticipated that there will be a reduction in the service provided by the Transport and Technical Services Department, albeit there could be delays to infrastructure maintenance.
- I n 2007theDepartmentwas tasked with achieving efficiency savings totalling £192,300,these savings have beenachieved through a range ofmeasuresbut especially intheParks and Garden Section which has implemented a five year plan to reduce its budgetby£730,000.