1. Portfolio/Number/Name:J/C1 Fire Central Government |
2. Programme/Activity: Please
include a short description There are two strands to this
project: - More efficient delivery of
centrally funded training for the
modernising Fire and Rescue Service in
order to improve quality of input and
meet demand within existing funding
constraints;
- Some administrative savings.
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3. Planned Savings | | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 |
Cash (m) | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Time Releasing (m) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4. Accountable Officer for
delivery | Robert Gordon |
5. Project Manager | Bob Virtue |
6. EGDG account manager | Carolyn Girvan |
7. Quality Impact | Describe any impact on the quality
of service delivery. Be specific and
explain if the expectation is positive,
negative or neutral. Positive impact. Students will be able
to access some alternative learning and
development opportunities within Scotland,
instead of having to travel to
England. |
8. Dependencies | Explain if your savings are
dependant on legislation or other
structural changes being achieved. None. |
9. Description of efficiency and
actions to be taken | 9.1 How will the saving be made? Be
specific about number/size of contracts, staff,
posts dates etc. The savings will be made as
follows: (i) reduction in non-domestic rates
paid to local authority 92K (ii) reduction in funding support to
Fire Services Examination Board (FSEB)
17-50K (iii) reduction in travel and
subsistence expenditure for students |
9.2 What action is critically needed to
secure delivery of this saving? Be specific,
and name the key action managers if they are
outwith your immediate management chain (e.g.
in an NDPB.) Action to be taken: (i) appeal rateable value applied by
local authority, and Scottish Fire Service
College to take administrative action to
ensure correct non-domestic rates are
paid (ii) to reduce funding to Fire Services
Examination Board (iii) Implementation of Crew and Watch
Manager Development Programmes (Management
Modules) with further education partners in
Scotland |
10. Impact on Staffing to achieve the efficiency
gain | If there are to be any changes in
staff numbers (at activity level) to
achieve the efficiency gain, please
indicate how many full time equivalents and
how far you expect savings to be achieved
by natural wastage (show additions as + and
reductions as -). |
| 2005- 06 | 2006- 07 | 2007- 08 |
+ | | | |
- | | | |
Net | | | |
Explanation | N/A |
11. Benefits | In general, the benefits of the
Scottish Executive Efficiency Plan are the
enhanced outputs from the resources
Ministers have been able to allocate in
SR04. But if there is a direct connection
between this efficiency saving and the
enhancement of a particular service please
describe it here. N/A |
12. Gross/Net Cash Savings | 12.1 Please set out the gross recurring
saving and any offsetting recurring
expenditure. Recurrent savings from rates = 92K Reduced support to FSEB will result in
a 17K saving in 05/06, with increased
savings in later years up to a maximum of
50K from 07/08 Savings from reduced travel and
subsistence of fire service staff no longer
having to attend courses in England is
difficult to quantify because of different
journeys/modes of travel, but the FE-based
programmes in Scotland will offer up to 120
places. This will allow for a
reconfiguration of the College budget to
sustain and improve the e-delivery of
development programmes to the wider
Scottish service, in particular as
recommended by HM Chief Inspector of Fire
Services in reports relating to the
part-time service. |
12.2 Against what budget does this
expenditure and saving fall? Fire Central Government. |
12.3 Has this saving been built into your
budget? Yes, in that the saving is necessary to
permit continuing expenditure at present
levels on other Fire Central Government
items, given that there is to be no
increase (either in cash or real terms) in
the budget over the SR2004 period. |
12.4 If so, what is the maximum allowable
expenditure against the budget data, in each
year, for that saving to be
delivered? 6,934,000 for each year of the Spending
Review. |
12.5 If not, how do you propose to invest
the additional cash back into public
services? N/A |
12.6 What plans do you have to exceed the
required saving? Explain by how much in each
year. None. The savings are required in order
to maintain existing levels of spending on
other, largely unavoidable costs. |
13. Time - release savings | 13.1 Please explain any time-releasing
savings indicated at question 3. N/A |
13.2 Please describe the method you
plan to use to calculate the cash
equivalent of those time release
savings. N/A |
14. Measurement and
Monitoring | 14.1 How are you proposing to measure the
expected efficiency benefits (e.g. in terms of
costs, level of output or quality of
service)? Savings from reduced FSEB contributions
and rates refund are immediately apparent,
and will be monitored by administrative
processes by the College. Re-configuration of the budget will be
monitored via the Learning &
Development Strategy and service planning
process as implemented by the Director of
Fire Service Training. |
14.2 What monitoring & reporting
procedures will be put in place to measure the
efficiency savings (How often will progress
towards the target be monitored? Who will have
lead responsibility for reporting progress and
what procedures will be in place?) Reports will be issued on a quarterly
basis to the Central Training Advisory
Committee. |
14.3 Monitoring Data: Sources, validation
and risks - What data will be used to
measure progress? Is all the required
information quantifiable and readily
available? If not what action will be
taken to rectify this?
- What measures will be in place
to validate the accuracy of the data?
Who will take responsibility for this?
- Are there any issues or risks
relating to how you plan to use the
data? (e.g. accuracy, difficulties in
collection)
The savings from reduced FSEB
contributions and rates refunds are
quantifiable and available through
normal budget controls. Tthe accuracy
will be validated through normal audit
control procedures. No risks or issues
are foreseen.
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