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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR SOCIAL SECURITY 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) £ 1 5 ,0 00,which represents approximately ½ per cent ofthe £2.5 million.
(i i) T he Department is considering options available to it to achieve the one-off savings required to meet
these costs.
(i ii ) T he Department will not be considering cuts in services to achieve these savings.
- T h e Department has to find additional efficiency savings relating to its States' funded activities amounting to £29,300 in 2007.
The reduction in funding arising from the 2007 pay award is for one year only as it will be factored into Departments' base budgets from 2008. It is, therefore, expected that the 2007 saving will be accommodated by close control of the 2007 budget.