House of Assembly
Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1)
53
1
Parliament of South Australia
House of Assembly
published
Estimates Replies
Targeted Voluntary Separation Packages
Targeted Voluntary Separation Packages
In reply to Mr MARSHALL
House of Assembly
Dunstan
Leader of the Opposition
Targeted Voluntary Separation Packages
In reply to Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (23 July 2014). (Estimates Committee B)
The Hon. S.E. CLOSE
House of Assembly
Port Adelaide
Minister for Manufacturing and Innovation
Minister for Automotive Transformation
Minister for the Public Sector
Targeted Voluntary Separation Packages
The Hon. S.E. CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Minister for Manufacturing and Innovation, Minister for Automotive Transformation, Minister for the Public Sector): I have been advised:
During 2013-14 a total of 1,479 TVSPs (1,370.1 FTEs) were taken. In addition 14 separations (14 FTEs) were achieved through the early termination of executive contracts.
The 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. The central provision for 2013-14 held at the time of the 2013-14 budget was $68.5 million. Based on an average separation payment of $120,000, this would have provided for around 570 TVSPs.
You also sought clarification as to why the forecast reduction in FTEs during 2013-14 is now lower than the original 2013-14 budget estimate of a 2,200 FTE reduction. As outlined in the 2013-14 MYBR and 2014-15 budget, general government sector FTE levels are estimated to be higher than was forecast at the time of the 2013-14 budget predominantly due to:
- a correction in the Department for Health and Ageing's FTE cap reflecting improved information on staffing costs (around 620 FTEs in 2014);
- a shift to in-house provision of Families SA children in care services (274 FTE in 2014);
- school enrolment growth and mix (around 120 FTE in 2014); and
- infrastructure projects in the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (145 FTE in 2014).
Despite these specific increases to FTE levels, the underlying FTE savings built into agency budgets remains largely unchanged from the time of the 2013–14 Budget and must be met by agencies through TVSPs or other means.
An agency-by-agency breakdown of the movement between the 30 June 2014 estimated result and 30 June 2015 Budget is provided.
|
as at June 2014(a) |
as at June 2015 |
| Attorney-General's Department |
1,190 |
1,312 |
| Attorney-General's Department—Al |
103 |
106 |
| Auditor-General's Department |
121 |
121 |
| Auditor-General's Department—Al |
1 |
1 |
| Communities and Social Inclusion |
3,836 |
3,854 |
| Communities and Social Inclusion—Al |
1 |
1 |
| Correctional Services |
1,651 |
1,631 |
| Correctional Services—Al |
1 |
1 |
| Courts Administration Authority |
644 |
632 |
| Courts Administration Authority—Al |
84 |
84 |
| Defence SA |
31 |
31 |
| Education and Child Development |
23,083 |
22,937 |
| Education and Child Development—Al |
12 |
12 |
| SACE Board of South Australia |
107 |
108 |
| Education and Early Childhood Services Registration Board |
— |
40 |
| Electoral Commission SA |
22 |
22 |
| Electoral Commission SA—Al |
2 |
2 |
| Environment Protection Authority |
217 |
207 |
| Environment, Water and Natural Resources |
1,586 |
1,478 |
| Environment, Water and Natural Resources—Al |
1 |
1 |
| Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology (b) |
3,131 |
|
| Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology—Al (b) |
1 |
- |
| Health and Ageing |
30,688 |
29,998 |
| Health and Ageing—Al |
2 |
2 |
| Manufacturing, Innovation, Trade, Resources and Energy (b) |
482 |
|
| Manufacturing, Innovation, Trade, Resources and Energy—Al (b) |
2 |
|
| Planning, Transport and Infrastructure |
3,425 |
3,233 |
| Planning, Transport and Infrastructure—Al |
1 |
13 |
| Premier and Cabinet (including Arts SA) |
2,083 |
1,567 |
| Premier and Cabinet-Al |
2 |
2 |
| Primary Industries and Regions |
898 |
913 |
| Primary Industries and Regions—Al |
14 |
2 |
| SA Country Fire Service |
133 |
133 |
| South Australia Police |
5,774 |
5,818 |
| South Australia Police—Al |
1 |
1 |
| South Australian Fire and Emergency Service Commission |
62 |
46 |
| South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service |
939 |
927 |
| South Australian State Emergency Service |
43 |
40 |
| South Australian Tourism Commission |
106 |
97 |
| State Development |
|
3,370 |
| State Development—Al |
- |
3 |
| Treasury and Finance |
467 |
423 |
| Treasury and Finance-Al |
216 |
216 |
| Zero Waste SA |
24 |
24 |
| Other |
332 |
613 |
| Total estimated FTEs |
81,516 |
80,018 |
(a)	Estimates for June 2014 are prior to the Machinery of Government changes that took effect from 1 July 2014. As such while they will be comparable to actuals data to be published by the Commissioner for Public Employment later this year they will not, to the extent of any machinery of government changes, be comparable to the June 2015 data in this table. Further detail on machinery of government changes is available in the 2014-15 budget papers
(b)	From 1 July 2014 transferred to the Department of State Development