NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 1912
DATE OF PUBLICATION: Friday, 02 August 2013
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 24 of 2013
Mr S Mokgalapa (DA) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:
What was the (a) make, (b) model, (c) year, (d) purpose, (e) date and / or
dates, (f) financial cost and (g) sum total of kilometres driven in respect
of each vehicle hired for use by (i) her and (ii) the Deputy Minister since
1 January 2012?
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REPLY:
(a) to (d) Since my appointment in October 2013, I have ensured that I
visit a selection of provincial and local offices, ports of entry
and refugee reception offices each month throughout the country.
The Department of Home Affairs has more than 400 offices, 72 ports
of entry and 3 refugee reception offices. I have an official
vehicle in Cape Town and one in Pretoria. When travelling outside
these areas I utilise a hired vehicle at the normal rates for the
class of vehicles as stipulated in the Ministerial Handbook.
In respect of the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, she also on a
continuous basis visits provincial and local offices, ports of
entry and refugee reception offices. She also has an official
vehicle in Cape Town and one in Pretoria. In all instances where
she utilised a hired vehicle, it was at the normal rates for the
class of vehicles as stipulated in the Ministerial Handbook.