Mr. Hyde requests a detailed breakdown of the impact of the 2% efficiency dividend on specific programs within the Minister's portfolios. The Minister responds that agencies will manage the reduction within their existing budgets, focusing on non-frontline areas, and a full breakdown will be provided in the next budget.

AnsweredQoN 8284Legislative Assembly
Asked
7 August 2012
Portfolio
Local Government; Heritage; Citizenship and Multicultural Interests

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In relation to the two per cent efficiency dividend, could the Minister please provide for all departments and agencies within his portfolios the exact programmes, projects and activities to be affected, by how much and when the cuts will take place?

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Answered
11 September 2012
Responded by
Minister for Local Government; Heritage; Citizenship and Multicultural Interests
Response time
35 days
As the efficiency dividend is a reduction in appropriation, agencies simply have to work within their allocated budget for the 2012-13 financial year, enabling them to find savings in a range of different areas throughout the financial year.
Together with the Director General and Executive Directors within my portfolio areas I actively monitor expenditure throughout the year to ensure that savings targets are met whilst frontline service outcomes remain unaffected, and will continue to do so.
My agencies will do this through measures such as not filling non-frontline positions when vacated through attrition, administrative expenditure efficiencies and reducing spending in areas such as corporate and executive support.
A full breakdown of the efficiency measures achieved will be outlined in the 2013-14 State Budget.
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