TAXPAYERS should not notice the States saving money if the Financial Transformation Programme is done properly, Commerce and Employment’s chief officer has said.

Jon Buckland is in charge of the programme’s value for money work stream and yesterday gave a breakdown of the work carried out since the October States debate about Tribal Consulting’s Fundamental Spending Review.

‘The Financial Transformation Programme is the vehicle to deliver an essential £31m. reduction in the base budget of the States of Guernsey after five years,’ he said at the Chamber of Commerce’s monthly lunch.

Mr Buckland (pictured) described how the FTP has been split into seven work streams that are looking at the 107 opportunities for savings identified by Tribal. These comprise grants and subsidies, procurement, value for money, property and asset management, human resources, finance and IT.

‘The value for money work stream is working to directly achieve two objectives of the Financial Transformation Programme – to deliver efficient and effective services and to embed a value for money culture across the States,’ he said.

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