Communities and Social Inclusion Department

66 Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (12 August 2014). Which full-time equivalent positions are being cut within the department and what savings will be delivered as a result of this reduction?

The Hon. Z.L. BETTISON (Ramsay—Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion, Minister for Social Housing, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Ageing, Minister for Youth, Minister for Volunteers): I have been advised:

1. The reduction of 65 DCSI FTEs, as reported on page 34 of 2014-15 Budget Paper 3, relates to two 2014-15 budget savings measures. The allocation of an additional efficiency dividend of 1 per cent of net cost of services, excluding disability expenditure, in 2015-16 and a further 1 per cent in 2017-18, reduced DCSI's FTE cap by 62. The freezing of executive FTE numbers for two years reduced DCSI's FTE cap by a further three.

At this stage, no specific positions have been identified to be cut and it should be noted that agencies have been given the flexibility to tailor their savings to their particular operating structures to help ensure that more efficient ways of conducting business are pursued. The dollar savings associated with these two measures are detailed on page 23 of 2014-15 Budget Paper 6.