Permanent Secretary - 2008-09 Efficiency Outturn Process
DIRECTOR GENERAL STATEMENT OF EFFICIENCIES
As Director General equivalent for the First Minister portfolio, I am aware of the overall need to ensure the delivery of government services as efficiently as possible. In terms of National Outcome 15, Our public services are high quality, continually improving, efficient and responsive to people's needs, I acknowledge my responsibility to have achieved £5.3m of cash-releasing efficiencies for the year 2008-09.
I am satisfied, on the basis of supporting assurance statements from the responsible delivery organisations and/or Directorate managers, that the costs of the activities in question have been reduced by the amounts shown below without material detriment to the quality of service provided.
I confirm that the actual efficiency delivered was £15.554m for the year 2008-09. The attached table shows outturn against target for each Efficiency Delivery Plan (EDP) and records any changes to the target since the first publication of the relevant EDPs.
The efficiencies include £0.217m delivered through shared services, £0.035m through asset management and £9.196m through procurement.
I am satisfied that the efficiencies identified fall within the published definition of an efficiency gain.
Permanent Secretary
11 September 2009
PROJECT | Published Planned Efficiency (£m) | Project Outturn Efficiency (£m) |
Perm Sec - FM/1/Cultural Collections | 2.240 | 2.460 |
Perm Sec - FM/2/National Performing Companies | 0.478 | 0.816 |
Perm Sec - FM/3/Gaelic Development Bodies | 1.195 | 8.623 |
Perm Sec - FM/5/Major Events | 0.064 | 0.064 |
Perm Sec - FM/6/International Development Fund | 0.120 | 0.150 |
Perm Sec - FM/7/International Strategy | 0.020 | 0.008 |
Perm Sec - FM/8/Fresh Talent | 0.030 | 0.030 |
Perm Sec - FM/9/Scotland's International Image | 0.072 | 0.072 |
Perm Sec - FM/10/European Strategy | 0.040 | 0.040 |
Perm Sec - FM/11/National Archives of Scotland | 0.158 | 0.169 |
Perm Sec - FM/12/Historic Scotland | 1.000 | 1.400 |
Perm Sec - FM/13/RCAHMS | 0.072 | 0.252 |
Perm Sec - FM/14/Communications Directorate | 0.138 | 0.142 |
Perm Sec - FM/15/Corporate Analytical Services | 0.068 | 0.068 |
Perm Sec - FM/16/Scottish Arts Council | 0.912 | 1.045 |
Perm Sec - FM/17/Scottish Screen | 0.064 | 0.215 |
TOTAL EFFICIENCIES | 6.671 | 15.554 |
| Outturn Efficiency (£m) |
Shared Services | 0.217 |
Asset Management | 0.035 |
Procurement | 9.196 |
(note that some savings may fall within more than one of these categories)
TIME-RELEASING EFFICIENCIES PROJECT | Published Planned Efficiency (£m) (where relevant) | Project Outturn Efficiency (£m) |
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