❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks details on $30m in savings planned for the Department of Education and Training, including redundancies and program changes. The Minister's answer provides some figures but indicates further review is needed.
AnsweredQoN 1935Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
I refer the Minister to page 904 of the 2003-2004 Budget Papers, which states that $30m of savings are to be made the 2004-2005 financial year within the Department of Education and Training, and I ask -
(1) Have these savings been identified?
(2) What savings, in dollar terms, have been identified through redundancies?
(3) How many full time equivalent positions will be made redundant in order to achieve these savings?
(4) What savings, in dollar terms, have been identified through the cancellation, amalgamation or downgrading of programs?
(5) Which programs will be cancelled, amalgamated or downgraded?
(6) On what basis where these programs targeted to be cancelled, amalgamated or downgraded?
(7) What other savings, in dollar terms, have been identified?
(8) How will these savings be achieved?
(1) Have these savings been identified?
(2) What savings, in dollar terms, have been identified through redundancies?
(3) How many full time equivalent positions will be made redundant in order to achieve these savings?
(4) What savings, in dollar terms, have been identified through the cancellation, amalgamation or downgrading of programs?
(5) Which programs will be cancelled, amalgamated or downgraded?
(6) On what basis where these programs targeted to be cancelled, amalgamated or downgraded?
(7) What other savings, in dollar terms, have been identified?
(8) How will these savings be achieved?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
1 June 2004
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Education and Training
Response time
28 days
(1)–(8) Since January 2003, 21 staff have received redundancy payments totalling $770,159.
200 Full-Time Equivalent positions have been identified for abolition and savings of approximately $9 million will be achieved.
Further savings of $11 million have been identified to date, mainly from general operating budgets and the removal of duplication in service delivery following amalgamation of the Departments of Education and Training. Core program delivery in both the school and training sectors has been exempt from this process.
A comprehensive review of current initiatives and activity will be undertaken over the next two months to identify further savings options that will achieve the remaining $10 million.
200 Full-Time Equivalent positions have been identified for abolition and savings of approximately $9 million will be achieved.
Further savings of $11 million have been identified to date, mainly from general operating budgets and the removal of duplication in service delivery following amalgamation of the Departments of Education and Training. Core program delivery in both the school and training sectors has been exempt from this process.
A comprehensive review of current initiatives and activity will be undertaken over the next two months to identify further savings options that will achieve the remaining $10 million.
Explore WA Government Data
Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.
Explore more
Government Gazette
Appointments, regulatory notices, planning changes.
Hansard
Debates, questions, speeches and sentiment.
Tabled Papers
Reports and documents tabled in Parliament.
Committees
Committee profiles and recent reports.
Regulations
Subsidiary legislation with filters and summaries.
Bills
Proposed laws and parliamentary progress.
Acts
Current WA legislation and summaries.
Explanatory Memoranda
Bills with EMs (text/PDF) available.
Members
MP profiles, party breakdown and rankings.
Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.