Targeted Voluntary Separation Packages

307 The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee) (14 October 2020). As at 13 October 2020, how many targeted voluntary separation packages have been accepted across the public sector in the 2020-21 financial year so far?

(a) What is the total estimated cost of targeted voluntary separation packages accepted in the 2020-21 financial year so far?

(b) What is the department or agency, position title, and total employment cost of each position in which a TSVP offer was accepted?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier): I have been advised:

Information on TVSPs is based on data collected from agencies by the Department of Treasury and Finance.

Other than in circumstances approved by the government where specific reform activity is underway, agencies are responsible for managing costs associated with TVSPs. Detailed information on TVSPs funded by agencies is not collected by Treasury and Finance and as such that information requested, including position title and total employment cost, is not readily available.

In the 2020-21 financial year to 13 October 2020 for those TVSPs that are related to specific government reforms and eligible for central funding by DTF, 86 TVSPs have been accepted representing 70.6 FTEs for a total TVSP cost of $7,012,831.86.

Details of the agency, number of positions and total TVSP cost are provided in table 1.

Table 1: 2020-21 TVSPs by Agency (as at 13 October 2020)