Culture Media and Sport written question – answered at on 17 December 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many staff she expects her Department to have in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
In the autumn of 2010, the Department launched a Change Programme that sought to achieve a 50% admin cost reduction to meet spending review targets and build the best possible Department with a highly motivated, diverse and talented work force. This would be done while simultaneously prioritising the Departments' critical deliverables, including the successful delivery of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
In order to achieve the required admin budget reduction, the Department sought to bear down on non-pay costs (including an office move to 100 Parliament street in March 2013) in order to minimise the impact on the Departments' pay bill. Where reductions have been made in staffing levels, these have been achieved through three rounds of voluntary exits, including a restructure of our senior civil servants (SCS). This has meant we will have a work force of approximately 330 FTE in 2013-14 with no further reductions in 2014-15.
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