In recent weeks backbenchers have been pressuring Chief Minister John Le Fondré to release more information about the proposed cuts.
Last week he responded to a letter from Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel chairwoman Senator Kristina Moore, stating he would not change his stance and that the full picture would not be available until late October.
Senator Moore has refused to give up her battle for information, and has penned another letter to the Chief Minister, stating that the Assembly and the public deserve more details.
She wrote: ‘In a time of uncertainty, to prolong this process without proper transparency is unhelpful for the Island.
‘The Assembly and the public deserve and expect to know what else is being proposed within an appropriate period of time to afford proper public consultation and scrutiny.
‘This lack of clarity, 15 months into your term of office, suggests that the Council of Ministers is struggling to hold officers to account.’
She also commented on a letter that was sent to her by States chief executive Charlie Parker, who stated Senator Moore had got her facts wrong in an interview last week.
She questioned why the transition team, which was put in place two years ago by Mr Parker, had not yet finished work on identifying savings.
Mr Parker said the transition team no longer existed and had been stood down last year having completed its phase of work.
In response, Senator Moore said: ‘The point I was making was that it is two years since that work began. That was the first act of the new chief executive.
‘The public expects him, two years into this work, to be able to at least a) tell us what the efficiencies will be, b) how much has been spent on the process of identifying them and c) what investment is needed to complete the work.’
