PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES

In reply to Mr MARSHALL (Norwood—Leader of the Opposition) (26 June 2013).

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier, Treasurer, Minister for State Development, Minister for the Public Sector, Minister for the Arts): I have been advised of the following:

TVSPs are only one means by which an agency can achieve its FTE reductions. Others include natural attrition, not filling vacancies and not renewing employment contracts.

A budget for TVSPs is not set at the agency level. Instead a whole of government budget provision is established, held in a central contingency and paid to agencies as required'.