❓ Question on Notice regarding efficiency dividend cuts to the Department for Child Protection and Family Support, inquiring about the size, allocation, and impact on jobs and services.
AnsweredQoN 1838Legislative 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 Department for Child Protection and Family Support will be forced to find savings of $5.6 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 department's divisions and the value of each divisional cut; (d) will any divisions be quarantined from funding cuts and, if so: (i) which ones; and (ii) for what reason will the division be quarantined; and (e) will any of the 1,500 public service jobs to be slashed by the Barnett Government be from the Department for Child Protection and Family Support?
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Answered
3 December 2014
Responded by
Minister for Child Protection
Response time
43 days
(a) The Department for Child Protection and Family Support is required to identify savings of $4.1 million as part of the one per cent general government efficiency dividend in 2014-15.
(b-d) The Department is currently reviewing its planned expenditure for 2014-15 to identify areas where these savings can be achieved without significantly affecting frontline service delivery.
(e) The Department is awaiting confirmation of details in relation to the recently announced new Targeted Separation Scheme.
(b-d) The Department is currently reviewing its planned expenditure for 2014-15 to identify areas where these savings can be achieved without significantly affecting frontline service delivery.
(e) The Department is awaiting confirmation of details in relation to the recently announced new Targeted Separation Scheme.
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