❓ A parliamentary question seeking detailed budgetary information regarding the addition or subtraction of FTEs in the Premier's agencies. The Premier's response deflects, citing workforce growth under the previous government and the variability of costs.
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(1) Can the Premier outline the budgetary assumptions behind the full costings impact of adding a Full Time Equivalent in the Premier’s agencies?
(2) Please provide all specific budgetary figures that underlie the assumptions for adding a Full Time Equivalent in all of the Premier’s agencies. including but not limited to;
(a) salary, classification and title of all Full Time Equivalent positions in your agency; headcount for each position type in your agency;
(b) salary on-costs;
(c) operating costs such as professional development and Information and Communications Technology costs;
(d) superannuation and any equipment costs;
(e) any creation of office space or refitting to accommodate new positions; and
(f) any increase in the proportion of corporate service overheads charged to the service?
(3) Can the Premier outline the budgetary assumptions behind the full cost impact of subtracting a Full Time Equivalent in the Premier’s agencies?
(4) Please provide all specific budgetary figures that underlie the assumptions for subtracting a Full Time Equivalent in all of the Premier’s agencies including but not limited to: Redundancy payments; Impact on cost to the defined benefit superannuation scheme?
(5) Where Department of Treasury and Finance guidelines have been applied in arriving at the Premier’s costings, will the Premier specify which of the guidelines have been used, how they have been applied, and the costings that resulted?
(2) Please provide all specific budgetary figures that underlie the assumptions for adding a Full Time Equivalent in all of the Premier’s agencies. including but not limited to;
(a) salary, classification and title of all Full Time Equivalent positions in your agency; headcount for each position type in your agency;
(b) salary on-costs;
(c) operating costs such as professional development and Information and Communications Technology costs;
(d) superannuation and any equipment costs;
(e) any creation of office space or refitting to accommodate new positions; and
(f) any increase in the proportion of corporate service overheads charged to the service?
(3) Can the Premier outline the budgetary assumptions behind the full cost impact of subtracting a Full Time Equivalent in the Premier’s agencies?
(4) Please provide all specific budgetary figures that underlie the assumptions for subtracting a Full Time Equivalent in all of the Premier’s agencies including but not limited to: Redundancy payments; Impact on cost to the defined benefit superannuation scheme?
(5) Where Department of Treasury and Finance guidelines have been applied in arriving at the Premier’s costings, will the Premier specify which of the guidelines have been used, how they have been applied, and the costings that resulted?
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Answered
22 February 2010
Response time
88 days
(1-5) There was relentless growth in the size of Western Australia's public sector workforce
over the seven years to 2008 that Labor was in office. This blowout reached nearly
5,000 new employees in 2007-08 alone, or an increase in 100 new people a week. It is
worth noting that this blowout in numbers was not reflected in a corresponding growth
in vital frontline services.
Given the variations in roles and therefore contracts and related employee expenses
that exist across agencies it is not possible to provide a standard description of the
budgetary assumptions behind the full costings impact of adding or subtracting a Full
Time Equivalent (FTE) across all agencies.
Furthermore, in regard to questions 3 and 4, the nature of the subtraction of the FTE
would also determine the assumptions, and therefore no specific budgetary figures can
be provided that underlie the assumptions for the impact of subtracting an FTE across all
agencies. i.e. expenses relating to the end of contract for Term of Opposition Leader
employees will vary from those relating to individuals opting to access voluntary
severance payments and those that retire from the public sector.
Additional information regarding employee benefits expenses can also be found in the
annual reports of agencies.
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over the seven years to 2008 that Labor was in office. This blowout reached nearly
5,000 new employees in 2007-08 alone, or an increase in 100 new people a week. It is
worth noting that this blowout in numbers was not reflected in a corresponding growth
in vital frontline services.
Given the variations in roles and therefore contracts and related employee expenses
that exist across agencies it is not possible to provide a standard description of the
budgetary assumptions behind the full costings impact of adding or subtracting a Full
Time Equivalent (FTE) across all agencies.
Furthermore, in regard to questions 3 and 4, the nature of the subtraction of the FTE
would also determine the assumptions, and therefore no specific budgetary figures can
be provided that underlie the assumptions for the impact of subtracting an FTE across all
agencies. i.e. expenses relating to the end of contract for Term of Opposition Leader
employees will vary from those relating to individuals opting to access voluntary
severance payments and those that retire from the public sector.
Additional information regarding employee benefits expenses can also be found in the
annual reports of agencies.
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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