(1) What total cost was incurred by his department to publish a double-page full-colour advertisement in a certain magazine (name furnished); (2) who initiated the placement of the advertisement; (3) whether his department has an established policy which guides its decision-making in terms of where adverts are placed; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

(1) Whether there were any arrangements agreed to between concerned stakeholders and the National Lottery Board that all backlogs pertaining to applications for the 2011-12 financial year will be finalised by the end of February 2012; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether the appeal processes of declined applications for the 2011-12 financial year have been revised; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) (a) how many appealed applications are currently outstanding and (b) when will this process be concluded?

(1) Whether, with regard to a certain court case (details furnished), the Consumer Commission has received the results of the final round of tests conducted on condoms; if not, why not; if so, (a) when and (b) what were the results; (2) whether the results were made available to a certain company (name furnished); if not, why not; if so, (3) whether he has made the results public; if not, why not; if so, (a) when and (b) where; (4) whether the Consumer Commissioner (name furnished) (a) made public and (b) named the said company when the allegations against the quality of its condoms were made prior to (i) investigation and (ii) testing; if not, how was this conclusion reached; if so, why?

Whether South Africa has lost its global competitiveness in the manufacturing sector as a result of (a) rising (i) production and (ii) raw material costs, (b) taxation and (c) skills shortage; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details in respect of (i) retaining current (aa) productivity and (bb) employment levels in the manufacturing industry, (ii) a coherent strategy to reposition selected industries as key champions to (aa) attract investment and (bb) create jobs and (iii) devising incentives regarding the R520 billion that is available in corporate deposits in South African banks?

What amount has his department spent on (a) catering and (b) entertainment (i) in the (aa) 2007-08, (bb) 2008-09, (cc) 2009-10, (dd) 2010-11 and (ee) 2011-12 financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2012?

With reference to the recently announced pharmaceutical tender worth R 2,5 billion, (a) which of the 70 drugs are (i) on- and (ii) off patent, (b)(i) where is each specified patent held and (ii) who bears the cost of patent fees and (c) what will be the total amount in patent fees under the specified tender?

(1) (a) What are the (i) yearly rental and (ii) floor space of the (aa) current and (bb) previous premises occupied by his department’s head office and (b) when (i) was the current building occupied and (ii) does the current lease expire; (2) whether his department publicly invited tenders prior to the leasing of the current premises; if not, why not; if so, (a) when, (b) where was it published and (c) which (i) companies and (ii) properties were shortlisted; (3) what (a) floor space was offered and (b) annual rental was tendered (i) by each shortlisted company and (ii) with regard to each shortlisted property?

(1) Whether multipliers were used to determine sales credits for (a) BAE/Saab, (b) German Frigate Consortium, (c) German Submarine Consortium, (d) Thales, (e) Agusta and (f) Agusta/Westland under the National Industrial Participation Programme for the Strategic Defence Procurement Packages; if not, why not; if so, in each specified case, what (i) is the (aa) project name, (bb) product or (cc) service sold and (ii) was the value of the (aa) actual sales and (bb) multiplier; (2) whether the sales credit was determined by using (a) actual or (b) projected sales; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?

(1) Whether there is any deadline by which the National Lotteries Board (Lotto Board) is supposed to complete the processing of applications for funding; if not, why not; if so, what is the deadline; (2) whether the Lotto Board has met to process funding applications that had to be submitted on or before 25 March 2012; if so, (a) on which dates did the board meet, (b) when did the meeting (i) start and (ii) finish on each date, (c) who attended each meeting and (d) how many applications were finalised at each meeting; (3) (a) on what date was the first application received in respect of the 25 March deadline and (b) what was the total number of applications received at the end of each week thereafter?

What was the cost to his department to take part in applying to review and set aside the Competition Tribunal’s approval of the Walmart-Massmart merger?