Estimates Replies

Targeted Voluntary Separation Packages

In reply to Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (17 July). (Estimates Committee B)

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens—Treasurer, Minister for Finance, Minister for State Development, Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy, Minister for Small Business):

The following information is provided on behalf of all ministers. 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.

The contingency provision held at the time of the 2014-15 budget is shown in the following table.