(1) Whether his department is receiving an increased number of tip-offs from members of the public on issues of corruption in the Eastern Cape; if not, why not; if so, what steps are being taken to (a) protect whistle blowers and/or (b) encourage them to come forward; (2) whether there has been a sense of alarm in the nature of crimes that have been committed in the public service relating to (a) corruption and (b) fraud in the Eastern Cape of over R1.4 billion; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?