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This press release was updated on 18/01/2011

Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Monitoring today announced spending cuts and proposed post closures in response to the decision by the Cabinet Office, following last October's HM Government Comprehensive Spending Review, to cut £1.5m per annum in 2011/12 from Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Monitoring's current grant of £23.2m, followed by a further cut in income of £1.5m per annum in 2012/13, taking Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Monitoring's grant to £20.2m. This represents £3m cuts over two years and follows a cut of £1.4m by the Cabinet Office in April 2010.

Announcing the cuts package to staff today, the Director of Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Monitoring, Chris Westcott, said that: "regrettably service cuts and post closures are inevitable given the scale of the cut in funding from the Cabinet Office. We are now beginning a period of consultation with staff on our proposals."

Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Monitoring proposes to meet these cuts to our budget by closing 72 posts – about 16%. 18 new posts would be created.

Notes to Editors

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Under the terms of the new Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Licence Fee Agreement, Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Monitoring will be funded by the licence fee from FY 13/14. Until then, the Agreement states that "The Government will continue to fund Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Monitoring at CSR-agreed levels for 2011/12 and 2012/13".

Financial Year / Cabinet Office funding £m
2010/11 – £23.2
2011/12 – £21.7
2012/13 – £20.2

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