NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
WRITTEN REPLY
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION NO 1500
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 14 JUNE 2013
Mr K S Mubu (DA) to ask the Minister of Economic Development:
(a) How much did his department spend in the 2012-13 financial year on (i)
international flights, (ii) domestic flights and (iii) hotel accommodation
for (aa) him, (bb) his Deputy Minister and (cc) staff on post level 13 to
16 and (b) what are the relevant details in each case?
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REPLY
(a)
|Flights |
| | |(i) |(ii) |
| | |International |Domestic |
| | |Cost in rands |Cost in rands |
| |(aa) Minister |R 64,800.00 |R 239,129.00 |
| |(bb) Deputy Minister |Nil |R 207,824.50 |
| |(cc) Senior Managers |R 67,306.00 |R 1,867,461.00 |
| |Total |R 132,106.00 |R 2,314,414.50 |
|(iii) Accommodation |
| |Entity |International |Domestic |
| | |Cost in rands |Cost in rands |
| |(aa) Minister |R 16,074.49 |R 4,361.00 |
| |(bb) Deputy Minister |Nil |R 147,672.02 |
| |(cc) Senior Managers |R 15,494.00 |R 737,163.56 |
| |Total |R 31,568.49 |R 889,196.58 |
(b)
EDD incurred the below mentioned expenditure in order to support the
Minister, Deputy Minister and Senior officials in discharging their
official duties in the following areas: to be present in Parliament, at
the Portfolio committee meetings, stakeholder meetings, site visits on
projects and launching of SIPs, supporting the PICC and attending the BRICS
summit. Internationally the Minister attended the World Economic Forum
meeting in Davos and one senior official attended an OECD meeting in Paris
and one was at the 7th African Economic Conference in Kigali.