Victoria says it will centralise government service delivery under a single department.

The state this week revealed plans for the new Department of Government Services - a new home for state government services.

The new department, to be overseen by Minister for Government Services Danny Pearson, will “take component parts of other government departments and centralise them in one place”, according to recently-returned Premier Daniel Andrews. 

The premier said functions held by the departments of Premier and Cabinet, Treasury and Finance will be the first to undergo centralisation.

“Instead of duplicating anywhere, we will create those important services, those corporate services for central agencies in the first instance,” he said. 

“But then a proper home for Service Victoria and so many other touch points where Victorians reach into the Victorian government for the support they need, for… licensing, all those sorts of things.

“Putting all of that in one place means we’ll get much greater efficiency, and this will be in large part a self-funded exercise.”

Mr Andrews said the “reorganisation of current work” under one roof could allow “much greater efficiency from a consumer point of view” and become a “launching pad” for the future.