The Scottish Government

Shared Services Question & Answer

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1. What is Shared Services about?

2. What areas are you looking at?

3. Where is the evidence to support this?

4. How much money can be saved?

5. What will be done with the money saved?

6. Is this about cuts?

7. How many jobs will be lost?

8. Are we adopting a private sector fad?

9. Is this about privatisation or outsourcing?

10. Does this mean jobs leaving my local area?

11. How does this fit with other areas such as best value and public service reform?

12. How much consultation has taken place?

13. Is this about centralisation?

14. What does it mean for the public?

15. Aren't your expectations unrealistic?

16. What support for retraining will there be?

17. What incentives are there for staff to buy into this?