❓ A parliamentary question regarding the Curriculum Council's FTE budget, focusing on employee breakdown, cost impacts, headcount, and the effect of the public service FTE cap on service delivery and equity targets. The Minister's answer clarifies FTE reductions are due to course development completion, not the FTE cap, and outlines measures to maintain equity.
AnsweredQoN 1022Legislative Assembly
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I refer to page 380 of Budget Paper No. 2, Volume 2 and the Curriculum Council Service 3
Student Assessment and Certification Full Time Employees (FTE)
and I ask:
(1) Please provide an employee category breakdown of the 2009–2010 budget target of 70?
(2) Will the Minister outline the budget assumption behind the full cost impact of adding an FTE in this section?
(3) Will the Minister outline the budget assumption behind the full or savings impact of removing an FTE in this section?
(4) Can the Minister provide the following information:
(a) the actual headcount derived from the approved FTE complement in the section in 2008–2009;
(b) the actual headcount derived from the approved FTE complement resulting from the 2009–2010 budgets in this section; and
(c) the projected headcount derived from the approved FTE complement in this section across the forward estimates?
(5) Has the public service FTE cap announced by the Treasurer affected FTE numbers in this section?
(6) Can the Minister outline policy changes or changes in service delivery that are being adopted, and how they take account of the public service FTE cap?
(7) Which outcomes, services and performance indicators are affected by FTE constraints, and in what way?
(8) Can the Minister outline the projected impact of FTE reductions on public service equity targets within this section?
(9) What measures will be put in place to ensure that equity targets are not compromised.
(10) In offering voluntary redundancies for this section, has the Minister’s agency taken account of, or been required to take account of the financial impact to the public sector as a whole of redundancies, resignations or retirements of public servants covered by earlier defined benefit superannuation compared to those receiving market-linked superannuation?
Student Assessment and Certification Full Time Employees (FTE)
and I ask:
(1) Please provide an employee category breakdown of the 2009–2010 budget target of 70?
(2) Will the Minister outline the budget assumption behind the full cost impact of adding an FTE in this section?
(3) Will the Minister outline the budget assumption behind the full or savings impact of removing an FTE in this section?
(4) Can the Minister provide the following information:
(a) the actual headcount derived from the approved FTE complement in the section in 2008–2009;
(b) the actual headcount derived from the approved FTE complement resulting from the 2009–2010 budgets in this section; and
(c) the projected headcount derived from the approved FTE complement in this section across the forward estimates?
(5) Has the public service FTE cap announced by the Treasurer affected FTE numbers in this section?
(6) Can the Minister outline policy changes or changes in service delivery that are being adopted, and how they take account of the public service FTE cap?
(7) Which outcomes, services and performance indicators are affected by FTE constraints, and in what way?
(8) Can the Minister outline the projected impact of FTE reductions on public service equity targets within this section?
(9) What measures will be put in place to ensure that equity targets are not compromised.
(10) In offering voluntary redundancies for this section, has the Minister’s agency taken account of, or been required to take account of the financial impact to the public sector as a whole of redundancies, resignations or retirements of public servants covered by earlier defined benefit superannuation compared to those receiving market-linked superannuation?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
3 August 2009
Responded by
Minister for Education
Response time
55 days
(3) In framing the budget, the finalisation of the course development work was taken into account. The 30 FTEs whose finite contracts end in 2009-10 are across all levels of employment (from level 7 to level 2). (4) a) During the 2008-9 period the actual headcount in the first half of the period was 79.9, the second half was 74.1 FTE. b) There is no change for the period up to 31 December 2009. c)The projected headcount is 78.5. (5) No. Reduction in FTE numbers in 2009-10 is due to finalisation of course development work. (6) The changes in service delivery are due to the finalisation of course development work. There is no reference to the FTE cap. (7) There are no FTE constraints. (8) There will be no impact on Public Service equity targets. (9) Monitoring of the agency's Equity and Diversity plan; and recruitment and selection processes that maintain equity and diversity focus. (10) No redundancies have been offered as yet. Applications being assessed are based on whether key services will be affected. Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on http://www.rtlib.com
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