Operating appropriations to the institution in the form of payment appropriations have been decreasing since 2015, due to budget regulation measures imposed over the course of the financial year in 2016 and 2017. In 2016, from a structural point of view, the Contrôleur Général des Lieux de Privation de Liberté suffered the effect of its organisational growth (+ 5 jobs: +17%), which had a major impact on operating expenditures that year. In 2016, the CGLPL was provided with assistance to its programme in order to close the financial year and meet payment deadlines. In 2017, the institution’s anniversary colloquium, held on 17 and 18 December, was mostly funded out of management savings, with some external financing (in particular for international guests’ travel expenses, by the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs). Management of the CGLPL’s operating expenditures is particularly tight and the institution has to make every effort to rationalise its expenditures in order to keep within the appropriations budget allocated, including: - keeping the general operating expenses budget at levels below that of 2014, before expansion of the institution’s workforce and notwithstanding the increase in postal charges and the cost of translating referral letters; - a close watch on consumption of mission expenses, with economising on accommodation expenses and anticipation of airfares - not easy to do, however, in the context of accompanying forced repatriations of foreigners. 6.2.2 Analysis of the financial situation over the five-year period (2018-2022): savings and efforts to rationalise expenditures Appropriations allocated to the CGLPL over the 2018-2022 five-year budgetary period will enjoy a measure of stability. As far as expenditure on staff is concerned, no further jobs are expected to be created; expansion of the staff would only be considered in a favourable light if the institution were to be assigned new competences. The payroll will only evolve due to a positive age and job-skill coefficient. As regards operating appropriations, the resources made available to the institution will also remain stable, requiring ongoing efforts to economise. 141