❓ Question on Notice regarding efficiency dividend cuts to the Disability Services Commission's 2014-15 budget. The Minister's response indicates savings are required, but details on implementation and job impacts are not yet finalised.
AnsweredQoN 1837Legislative Council
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I refer to the State Government’s efficiency dividend cuts recently announced by Premier Barnett, and I ask: (a) will the Minister confirm that the Disability Services Commission will be forced to find savings of $6.9 million from their 2014-15 Budget allocation; (b) how will the Director General determine where the savings will be made; (c) what is the anticipated breakdown of funding cuts by the commission's divisions and the value of each divisional cut; (d) will any divisions be quarantined from funding cuts and, if so: (i) which division(s); and (ii) for what reason will the division be quarantined; and (e) will any of the 1,500 public service jobs to be cut by the Barnett Government be from the Disability Services Commission?
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Answered
3 December 2014
Responded by
Minister for Disability Services
Response time
43 days
(a) The Disability Services Commission is required to find savings of $5.1 million in 2014-15 for the 1% efficiency dividend.
(b) The Disability Services Commission is currently determining how the savings will be achieved.
(c-d) Not yet determined - refer to (b) above.
(e) The Targeted Separation Scheme has not yet been finalised. As a result, it is not yet known whether the Disability Services Commission will be impacted
(b) The Disability Services Commission is currently determining how the savings will be achieved.
(c-d) Not yet determined - refer to (b) above.
(e) The Targeted Separation Scheme has not yet been finalised. As a result, it is not yet known whether the Disability Services Commission will be impacted
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