Hon Sue Ellery asks about expected savings within the Department of Education due to the public sector recruitment freeze. The answer indicates no additional savings will be harvested from agency budgets, but the freeze will help control salary expense growth.

AnsweredQoN 78Legislative Council
Asked
23 February 2016
Portfolio
minister representing the Treasurer

QuestionView source ↗

PUBLIC SECTOR RECRUITMENT FREEZE —
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
78. Hon SUE ELLERY to the minister
representing the Treasurer:
I refer to the Western Australian
public sector freeze on external recruitment until 30 June 2016. What are the
expected savings within the Department of Education from this freeze?

AnswerView source ↗

I thank the member for some notice
of the question.
No additional savings will be
harvested from agenciesXXX ###XXX budgets. The
recruitment freeze will assist in controlling general government salaries
expense growth and in achieving saving measures already incorporated in the
forward estimates.

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