“We’ve carried out an initial assessment of every idea, and we’ve done that as impartially as possible, through a structured but high-level scoring process,” said Chair of the Sub-Committee, Deputy Dave Mahoney. 

“But we know Committees will be closer to the full cost implications and impacts of ideas that relate to their areas, so we have distributed the full list across Committees, asking them to apply a particular focus to the top scoring 400 suggestions, to help reach a realistic and workable shortlist.  

“Once again we’d like to thank everyone who took time out to respond to our surveys and provide suggestions. I’m sorry we can’t come back to everyone individually but please be assured all of them are being reviewed.  

“We’re stressing to Committees the community’s expectation that we succeed in meeting the target for reducing costs, which is an essential part of addressing the significant problems we have in our public finances right now. So we are asking them all to do as much as possible to help identify suggestions that really will make a difference.” 

The Committees will need to report back by the 12 January.