Back to the future

The thorny issue of Cornwall Council office accomodation will return to haunt us next month as officials struggle to reduce the floor-space per work-station and increase the number of staff per work-station.

At the moment there are 5,539 work-stations, with 0.9 staff per desk, occupying 12.6 sqare metres each.

The "vision" is to reduce this to 3,451 work-stations (I'm always amazed by the precision of these targets!) by 2015, with 1.4 staff per desk, occupying 10 square metres each.

Apparently central government's Department for Children, Schools & Families has already shown the way by squeezing its staff into just 7 square metres each.

Scrutiny next week, then Cabinet on 14th April. It won't be easy.