7.1 The Department reported that the average performance for the past three financial years against revenue and expenditure operational budgets stood at 99,3% and 96,6% respectively, of which salary bills formed the majority at around 30%. Overall, performance against conditional grants received decreased from 73% in 2006/07 to 66% in 2007/08 financial year, and most of the municipalities relied heavily on conditional grants such as MIG.