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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR TREASURY AND RESOURCES BY THE DEPUTY OF ST. MARY
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 19th JULY 2010
Question
Given that in his written answer 5520 on 6th July 2010, the Minister claimed that 64% of the 2% cuts were efficiency savings and 36% were service reductions, would the Minister provide for members a listing of the 2% reductions in expenditure, classified under these two headings?
Answer
The split of savings between efficiency savings and service reductions is as per the attached table:
SUMMARY OF COUNCIL OF MINISTERS SAVINGS PROPOSALS
Ref | Proposal | Savings £ | Posts FTE | Efficiency £ | Service Cuts £ |
CHIEF MINISTER CMD-S1 CMD-S2 CMD-S3 Remove budget for fees relating to review and projects Reduce funding for Communications Unit Reduce use of consultants, admin & Fiscal Policy Panel support in Economics Team Reduce recruitment budget for the Law Draftsman CMD-S4 CMD-S5 Reduce the Legal Advisory Panel budget | 30,000 27,700 10,000 24,000 26,700 | 1.0 | 30,000 10,000 24,000 26,700 | 27,700 | |
Sub-Total: |
| 118,400 | 1.0 | 90,700 | 27,700 |
ED-S2 ED-S3 ED-S4 ED-S5 ED-S6 ED-S7 ED-S8 ED-S9 ED-S10 ED-S11 ED-S12 ED-S13 ED-S14 | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ED-S1 Growth in funding for the Incubator and Innovation Initiatives, renewable energy, e-gaming and Intellectual Property legislation, reduction in Jersey Enterprise grants Competition Law - reduction in grant Overheads - Efficiency Savings Funding for the Financial Ombudsman Reduction in funding for Route Development, destination marketing and PR Reduction in grants to events Reduced opening hours in Jersey Tourism Visitor Services reception. Additional support to JFL, grant to fund the States share of the JFSC for Anti-Money Laundering unit. Remove funding for TV sub-titling service, reduce funding for the Beach Lifeguard service, intellectual property and service reductions Reduce the Gambling Commission grant Reduce Grants and Area payments Legal Fees for the dissolution of JMMB Cease funding to subsidise the provision of School Milk Terminate employment of a UK representative | (313,000) 100,000 204,000 (100,000) 175,000 138,000 36,000 (750,000) 295,000 100,000 118,000 116,000 183,000 44,000 | 1.0 | 30,000 100,000 204,000 138,000 100,000 116,000 | (343,000) (100,000) 175,000 36,000 (750,000) 295,000 118,000 183,000 44,000 |
Sub-Total: |
| 346,000 | 1.0 | 688,000 | (342,000) |
ESC-S3 ESC-S4 ESC-S5 ESC-S6 ESC-S7 ESC-S8 ESC-S9 ESC-S10 | EDUCATION SPORT & CULTURE ESC-S1 Cease primary school PE enhancement initiative ESC-S2 Introduce property occupancy charge for the States fee-paying schools Restructuring the Special Education Needs Service and the way emotional and behavioural support is delivered to primary school children Re-defining core business for schools and colleges at ECS Cease annual payment to Durrell to allow free entry and teaching time for school parties Review management structure of Highlands College Youth Service senior management restructuring Review management structure in technical maintenance team Cessation of summer lifeguarding service at Havre Des Pas Pool Savings to be identified once the major reviews have been completed | 120,000 80,000 165,000 298,000 33,000 210,000 50,000 37,000 25,000 1,270,000 | 2.0 3.3 1.0 1.0 | 80000 165000 200000 210000 50000 37000 | 120000 98000 33000 25000 |
Sub-Total: |
| 2,288,000 | 7.3 | 742,000 | 276,000 |
HSS-S5 HSS-S6 HSS-S7 HSS-S8 HSS-S9 HSS-S10 HSS-S11 HSS-S12 HSS-S13 HSS-S14 HSS-S15 HSS-S16 HSS-S17 HSS-S18 HSS-S19 HSS-S20 HSS-S21 HSS-S22 HSS-S23 HSS-S24 | HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES HSS-S1 Restructure Environmental Health/Health Protection dept. HSS-S2 Reduce public health admin staff costs HSS-S3 Redesign sports injury outpatients clinic HSS-S4 Replacement of blood gas analysers & reorganisation to reduce cost of consumables & lab management Pharmacy skill mix review & reprofile of out-of-hours service to reduce cost of service Improve theatre skill mix to reduce theatre cost Cease non essential minor surgical procedures & equipment efficiencies; reprofile day surgery on-call service Reduce physio services Remove vacant counsellor post Redesign OT services Remove vacant CAMHS post Comply with NICE prescribing guidelines Reprofile needs assessment of clients Reduce Department of Electronics charge, ambulance overtime & admin efficiences Additional pharmacist & rationalising GP/Consultant prescribing to support prescribing efficiencies Invest in a nurse bank/workforce IT system. Medical devices & equipment management. Reduce gardening & non-essential engineering maintenance; reprofile project management costs; engineers' overtime efficiencies. Reduce linen service & amalgamate 2 kitchens at St Saviours. Procurement savings from corporate procurement project Organisation wide management restructure Recurrent reduction in all H&SS third party provider SLA Improved efficiency in cremation service Primary care service costs to be transferred to Health Insurance Fund | 51,000 80,000 6,000 18,000 74,000 20,000 26,000 153,000 55,000 45,000 55,000 20,000 15,000 58,000 188,000 34,000 50,000 362,000 175,000 750,000 400,000 140,000 15,000 910,000 | 2.0 2.0 0.1 2.9 1.0 0.5 1.0 1.0 - 8.5 7.0 6.0 | 51,000 80,000 18,000 50,000 20,000 18,000 65,000 15,000 56,000 188,000 34,000 50,000 192,000 175,000 750,000 400,000 140,000 5,000 930,000 | 6,000 24,000 88,000 55,000 45,000 55,000 20,000 160,000 10,000 |
Sub-Total: |
| 3,700,000 | 32.0 | 3,237,000 | 463,000 |
HOME AFFAIRS HA-S1 HA-S2 HA-S3 HA-S4 HA-S5 HA-S6 HA-S7 HA-S8 HA-S9 HA-S10 | Removal of discrimination legislation budget Reduction of police staff posts/Police overtime Reduction of police Police overtime Closure of Police Facility / Reduction in non staff costs Replacement of Multi-Functional Officer with a Clerk Customs and Immigration - Staff reductions Reduce number of Unit Managers by one post / Reduction in Prison Overtime / Reduction in the Prison Perimeter Fence Renovation Programme General Reduction in Prison non-staff expenditure Reduce the amount of financial support to BaSS projects Jersey Field Squadron - Reduction in Operating Costs | 100,000 221,000 93,000 167,000 29,000 109,000 135,000 30,000 15,000 55,000 | 3.8 2.5 2.0 1.0 | 93,000 69,000 29,000 125,000 30,000 32,000 | 100,000 221,000 98,000 109,000 10,000 15,000 23,000 |
Sub-Total: |
| 954,000 | 9.3 | 378,000 | 576,000 |
HOUSING HSG-S1 HSG-S2 HSG-S3 HSG-S4 HSG-S5 | Roll-out of electric heating will replace gas and oil systems thus saving on the cost of servicing and inspecting the existing heating devices With digital TV, maintaining tv aerial service no longer required. Reduce tenant participation budget Staffing rationalisation, reduced training and temporary staff provision together with a general reduction in departmental running costs Reduced licence fees and maintenance costs for IS systems | 76,000 35,000 10,000 100,000 65,000 |
| 76,000 35,000 100,000 25,000 | 10,000 40,000 |
Sub-Total: |
| 286,000 | - | 236,000 | 50,000 |
P&E PE-S1 PE-S2 PE-S3 PE-S4 PE-S5 PE-S6 PE-S7 PE-S8 | Restructuring file storage and management / removal of staff relocation budget Reduction of consultancy budget Replace current vacancy with part-time alternative 5% reduction in energy efficiency grants Fisheries and marine Service efficiencies Veterinary officer: Reduction in major contingency training Delay in recruitment and reduction of equipment maintenance until outcomes of Met service review are complete. Efficiencies from review of IT and building maintenance contracts | 50,000 12,000 30,000 54,000 4,000 5,000 28,000 25,000 | 0.5 | 50,000 12,000 30,000 4,000 5,000 28,000 25,000 | 54,000 |
Sub-Total: |
| 208,000 | 0.5 | 154,000 | 54,000 |
RESOURCES RES-S1 RES-S2 RES-S3 RES-S4 RES-S5 RES-S6 RES-S7 RES-S8 RES-S9 RES-S10 | Restructure Corporate Infrastructure to reduce by 2 posts & reduce equipment replacement Restructure business support to reduce by 1 post Restructure HR business partnering to reduce by 1 post Vacate HR learning and development premises at Highlands Restructure architects to reduce by 2 posts. Re-profile 2011 building maintenance Reduce staff CIP qualification programme Procure to pay' HR/OD Support Managed print service | 144,000 60,000 50,000 15,000 120,000 244,000 13,000 | 2.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 | 120,000 60,000 50,000 15,000 120,000 244,000 0 | 24,000 0 0 0 0 0 13,000 |
Sub-Total: |
| 646,000 | 6.0 | 609,000 | 37,000 |
SS-S5 SS-S6 SS-S7 SS-S8 SS-S9 SS-S10 SS-S11 | Freeze inflationary uplift on Jersey Council for Health and Safety Grant Restructuring of JET management with saving in salaries Reduction in JACS discretionary spend and reduced annual uplift for Employment Tribunal Removal of GST Bonus budget (current take-up £300k) Restrict Residential Care Fee Uplift to 2.8% Reduce Recently Arrived Discount Scheme budget Reduce the housing adaptations budget by 50% as average spend over the last 5 years had been £45,000 Remove Christmas bonus for people in receipt of Survivor's allowance and pension, 100% Long Term Incapacity Allowance, Invalidity Benefit, residents not in receipt of Jersey OAP and all non-residents, remove pensioner entitlement below age 65 Employ 3 Interventions Officers to prevent fraud/non compliance on Income Support to generate net savings Freeze rents and accommodation component of income support for net saving net Corporate efficiency savings | 1,000 17,000 9,000 638,200 167,000 179,000 54,000 439,000 250,000 228,000 12,000 |
| 1,000 17,000 9,000 167,000 250,000 12,000 | 638,200 179,000 54,000 439,000 228,000 |
Sub-Total: |
| 1,994,200 | - | 456,000 | 1,538,200 |
TREASURY Tres-S1 Tres-S2 Tres-S3 Tres-S4 Tres-S5 Tres-S6 | Savings on bank charges due to automation & reduced staff due to less bank reconciliations Reduced consultancy/temp support; reduced training Reduce number of audit days per annum by 17 (3%) Cancel contracts of seasonal staff, a permanent administration clerk and substantial reduction of training budget Additional tax investigator to generate increased tax revenues of £250k per annum Reduce annual payment into States self-insurance fund (equiv to 3.5% reduction). | 27,000 21,000 10,000 117,000 (57,000) 97,000 | 0.5 2.5 | 27,000 13,000 0 88,000 97,000 | 0 8,000 10,000 29,000 -57,000 0 |
Sub-Total: |
| 215,000 | 3.0 | 225,000 | -10,000 |
| TRANSPORT & TECHNICAL SERVICES TTS-S1 Reduction in overtime across the waste directorate TTS-S2 Reorganising service in Highways maintenance TTS-S3 Restructure drainage infrastructure team TTS-S4 Reduction in overheads and restructuring of the waste management general site maintainance section TTS-S5 Cleaning Section - Restructuring and review of processes and overtime coupled with reduced equipment purchase TTS-S6 Re-engineering of Parks and Gardens, review of plus payments, reduced plant and vehicle hire TTS-S7 Efficiency savings in bus service in line with Jersey Bus Network Review 2010 TTS-S8 DVS: Reorganisation of management structure TTS-S9 Reorganisation of administration services and decommissioning of legacy IT systems | 44,000 79,000 105,000 61,000 75,000 279,000 150,000 32,000 30,000 | 1.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 0.5 | 44,000 79,000 105,000 61,000 75,000 279,000 150,000 32,000 30,000 |
|
Sub-Total: |
| 855,000 | 6.5 | 855,000 | 0 |
B-S2 B-S3 B-S4 B-S5 | Reducing access to official publications that are aids to the judicial process and delivery of judgements Reducing the budget for Liberation Day celebrations Remove part of the expense funding for incidental costs associated with training and conferences etc Termination of at least one incoming visit of a foreign dignatory or States head Reduce budget for ceremonial and civil events | 1,500 14,000 4,500 3,500 1,500 |
| 4500 1500 | 1500 14000 3500 |
Sub-Total: |
| 25,000 | - | 6000 | 19000 |
Law Officers LOD-S1 | Savings accruing from recruiting staff instead of buying in services | 150,000 |
| 150000 |
|
Sub-Total: |
| 150,000 | - | 150000 |
|
Judicial Greffe/Viscounts JG/VD-S1 Cease payment of an annual grant to Jersey Law Information Board Delete a vacant post in Viscounts JG/VD-S2 | 100,000 33,000 |
| 100000 33000 |
| |
Sub-Total: |
| 133,000 | - | 133000 |
|
Official Analyst OA-S1 Delaying equipment replacement. Approximately 1/3 equipment budget. Additional minor and continuing efficiency savings | 13,000 |
| 13000 |
| |
Sub-Total: |
| 13,000 | - | 13000 |
|
Lt Governor Lt-Gov-S1 | Rental adjustments, restructuring of housekeeping and admin teams | 28,000 | 1.0 | 28000 |
|
Sub-Total: |
| 28,000 | 1.0 | 28000 |
|
Data Protection DPC-S1 Reduction of admin expenses for 1 year only | 6,000 |
| 6000 |
| |
Sub-Total: |
| 6,000 | - | 6000 |
|
Probation P-S1 | Removal of Community Service Manager part time post. | 32,000 |
| 32000 |
|
Sub-Total: |
| 32,000 | - | 32000 |
|
C&AG CAG-S1 | Reduction in non-audit fee expenditure | 10,000 |
| 10000 |
|
Sub-Total: |
| 10,000 | - | 10000 |
|
States Assembly States-S1 States-S2 States-S3 | Reduction in Scrutiny budget Reduction in inter parliamentary budget Efficiency Savings | 33,000 3,000 22,000 |
| 33000 3000 22000 |
|
Sub-Total: |
| 58,000 | - | 58000 |
|
Grand Total |
| 12,065,600 | 67.6 | 8,106,700 | 2,688,900 |
Add back EDD growth -1193000 1,193,000 6,913,700 3,881,900
64% 36%