ORGANISATIONS supported by States grants should scrutinise themselves to make sure government is getting value for money, according to Deputy Barry Brehaut.

He was speaking after learning that £1.9m. of a £2.1m. grant from Health and Social Services to the Ambulance and Rescue Service goes towards staff costs.

That surprised him and he wanted all bodies that receive money from the States to put themselves under the same level of scrutiny that the States was now under.

‘We should not have any sacred cows here,’ he said. ‘A number of States departments support external bodies and these grants, under the current financial restraints of the States, should be scrutinised to make sure there is no financial wastage whatsoever.’

Deputy Brehaut (pictured), a member of Health and Social Services, made it clear that he was not just targeting Ambulance and Rescue.

‘What I am saying is that all organisations that receive money from the States should perhaps have a process like the Fundamental Spending Review,’ he said.

‘We need to overturn every stone we can to make absolutely sure there is no wastage.’