People's Assembly

NW326E - 07 March 2014

Timothy Duncan Harris to ask the Minister in the Presidency: National Planning Commission

Whether he has found that the expanded unemployment rate used by Statistics South Africa is a more accurate measure of unemployment than the official rate given the structurally high levels of discouragement amongst workseekers?

NW299E - 28 February 2014

Jacob Mnguni to ask the Minister in the Presidency: National Planning Commission

Whether, with reference to his reply to question 3025 on 5 November 2013, he will advise the Government to implement the parts of the National Development Plan on which there is support while negotiating the aspects of the specified plan that lacks supoport; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?

Reply from the Minister in the Presidency: National Planning Commission on 12 Mar 2014

QUESTION NUMBER 248 DATE OF PUBLICATION: 28 FEBRUARY 2014 248. Mr P B Mnguni (Cope) to ask the Minister in the Presidency: National Planning Commission: Whether, with reference to his reply to question 3025 on 5 November 2013, he will advise the Government to implement the parts of the National Development Plan on which there is support while negotiating the aspects of the specified ...

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NW3578E - 01 November 2013

Juliana Danielle Kilian to ask the Minister in the Presidency: National Planning Commission

(1) Whether, with regard to the adoption of the National Development Plan (NDP) in 2012, Cabinet considered and approved 5-, 10- and 15-year implementation targets for line departments; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether his department performs any monitoring function to oversee implementation of the NDP over the specified period; if not, who is responsible for overseeing the Government’s implementation of the NDP; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) what (a) functions and (b) responsibilities are currently performed by his office and the National Planning Commission in respect of the NDP?

NW2650E - 23 August 2013

Timothy Duncan Harris to ask the Minister in the Presidency: National Planning Commission

(1) Whether any persons have been appointed to Statistics SA in the (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13 financial years without the posts being advertised; if so, (i) when, (ii) who are the persons concerned and (iii) what were the reasons for each person’s appointment; (2) whether any employees of Statistics SA have participated in the Centre for Regional and Urban Innovation and Statistical Exploration (Cruise) programme of the University of Stellenbosch; if so, (a) what has been the cost to Statistics SA and (b) which members of the SA Statistics Council participated in the course; (3) whether Statistics SA carried the cost for the participation of the members of the SA Statistics Council?

NW2649E - 23 August 2013

Timothy Duncan Harris to ask the Minister in the Presidency: National Planning Commission

Whether Statistics SA has lost the data of the Post Enumeration Survey (PES) from Census 2001; if so, what is he doing in this regard?

NW2648E - 23 August 2013

Timothy Duncan Harris to ask the Minister in the Presidency: National Planning Commission

Whether the adjusted population and household estimates from the Census 2011 as published are less than the adjusted results for some provinces; if so, (a) which provinces and (b) by how much?

NW2493E - 16 August 2013

Timothy Duncan Harris to ask the Minister in the Presidency: National Planning Commission

(1) Whether, subsequent to the release of the Census 2011 results in October 2012, there were any revisions to the Post-enumeration Survey; if so, what was the outcome of such revisions; (2) have the results been made public?

NW2491E - 16 August 2013

Timothy Duncan Harris to ask the Minister in the Presidency: National Planning Commission

Whether any eligible internal users have been refused access to statistical aggregate information relating to how Statistics SA derived from the Post Enumeration Survey the adjustment factors used in Census 2011; if so, (a) which users and (b) what were the reasons for such refusals?

NW2598E - 16 August 2013

Francoise Adrianus Rodgers to ask the Minister in the Presidency: National Planning Commission

(1) Whether any staff member in his office (a) performed work in addition to the responsibilities related to his or her work, outside normal working hours, in the (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10, (iii) 2010-11, (iv) 2011-12 and (v) 2012-13 financial years and (b) has been performing such work during the period 1 April 2013 up to the latest specified date for which information is available; if not, how is it determined whether such work is being performed or not; if so, in each case, (aa) how many staff members and (bb) in what job or work categories are the specified staff members employed; (2) whether approval for such work was obtained in each case; if not, what are the relevant details; if so, (a) what is the policy of his department in this regard, (b) by whom are such applications considered and approved, (c) how many contraventions of this policy were brought to the attention of his department in the (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13 financial years and (d) what steps have been taken against transgressors?

Reply from the Minister in the Presidency: National Planning Commission on 27 Aug 2013

QUESTION NUMBER 2173 DATE OF PUBLICATION: 16 AUGUST 2013 2173. Mr F A Rodgers (DA) to ask the Minister in the Presidency: National Planning Commission: (1) Whether any staff member in his office (a) performed work in addition to the responsibilities related to his or her work, outside normal working hours, in the (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10, (iii) 2010-11, (iv) 2011-12 and (v) 2012-13 ...

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NW2492E - 16 August 2013

Timothy Duncan Harris to ask the Minister in the Presidency: National Planning Commission

Whether the Post Enumeration Survey (PES) team continued to work on the PES until March 2012; if so, what were they doing five months after the release of the results?

Reply from the Minister in the Presidency: National Planning Commission on 27 Aug 2013

QUESTION NUMBER 2070 DATE OF PUBLICATION: 16 AUGUST 2013 2070. Mr T D Harris (DA) to ask the Minister in the Presidency: National Planning Commission: Whether the Post Enumeration Survey (PES) team continued to work on the PES until March 2012; if so, what were they doing five months after the release of the results? NW2492E Reply: Yes the Post Enumeration Survey team continued ...

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