The allocation to the Secretariat for Police from this amount was R21, 912 million. The Secretariat spent R16, 934 million of its allocated budget. The bulk of the budget was spent between September 2009 and March 2010. The under-expenditure of R4, 978 million is attributed to the fact that the approval for the use of R3 million that had been allocated to the Soccerex exhibition was withdrawn following the appointment of the "Acting Secretary for Police in September 2009". The remaining unspent amount was due to the discontinuation of certain projects.