(1) Whether any (a) metropolitan, (b) local or (c) district municipality has budgeted or applied for tariff increases for the 2015-16 Medium-Term Revenue and Expenditure Framework in excess of the guidelines stipulated in the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA) Circular No 74 on 12 December 2014; if so, what (i) are the names of these municipalities and (ii) was the tariff increase budgeted or applied for; (2) whether, for each of the specified municipalities, exemption or permission was granted by the National Treasury for the increase as budgeted or applied for; if so, on what grounds was such exemption or permission granted; (3) whether any (a) metropolitan, (b) local or (c) district municipality approved a budget increasing tariffs for electricity, water and other service charges beyond the electricity tariff increases approved by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa or a cost reflective tariff in line with the 6% increase stipulated in the MFMA Circular No 74 without exemption or permission; if so, (4) (a) whether such an increase is binding on the resident of that municipality and (b) what action will be taken to address the situation in each case?