Whether fruitless, wasteful and irregular expenditure with regard to national and provincial spending has decreased during the period 1 March 2008 to 1 March 2013; if not, what (a) unsatisfactory situation do the figures reveal and (b) steps have been taken by the National Treasury in relation to this; if so, what (i) gains do these figures show for the national government and each provincial government and (ii) decisive measures were implemented to improve the situation?