House of Assembly Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2) 52 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Answers to Questions State Budget STATE BUDGET Dr McFETRIDGE House of Assembly Morphett STATE BUDGET 555 Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (9 July 2013). With reference to 2013-14 Budget Paper 4, vol.1, p. 93— The financial commentary states that the $7.9 million difference in net cost between the 2013-14 budget and the 2012-13 estimated result is primarily due to the allocation of budget savings, what are the details of these savings? The Hon. A. PICCOLO House of Assembly Light Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion Minister for Social Housing Minister for Disabilities Minister for Youth Minister for Volunteers STATE BUDGET The Hon. A. PICCOLO (Light—Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion, Minister for Social Housing, Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Youth, Minister for Volunteers): I have been advised: The 2012-13 Budget included a savings measure to increase the existing efficiency dividend of 0.25 per cent of the Department for Communities and Social Inclusion's (DCSI) salaries and wages per annum to 1.0 per cent from 2013-14 onwards. The 2012-13 budget also included FTE reductions for DCSI increasing from 8.9 FTEs in 2013-14 to 29.7 FTEs in 2015-16. In addition to these measures, the 2012-13 Mid Year Budget Review (MYBR) imposed a further efficiency dividend on DCSI of 1.0 per cent of the net cost of services budget, (excluding disability expenditure), in 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 (extended to 2016-17 in the 2013-14 Budget). The MYBR also included a savings measure relating to reducing labour contractors. The savings in Program 3: Social Housing referred to on page 93 of the 2013-14 Agency Statements relate to Housing's share of these DCSI savings.