6.5 According to the 2012/13 Strategic Plan the DCS had, at the end of April 2011, 41 911 funded posts, 40 017 of which were filled. Concerns about how the DCS utilises the human resource at its disposal, particularly whether too many officials are deployed at its Head Office and in administrative positions, while centres are experiencing severe shortages in custodial staff, remain. Clarity is needed on the DCS' migration plan, particularly the migration of office-based officials to centres.