(1) Information on whether (i) departments, (ii) constitutional institutions and (iii) public entities complied with the (a) mandatory and (b) additional cost containment measures specified in the National Treasury Instruction 01 of 2013/2014 is not available at the National Treasury.
(2) Information related to reasons on why there was (a) failure to comply with the mandatory and additional cost containment measures is not available at the National Treasury. Regarding (b), enforcement of the cost containment measures must be overseen firstly by the accounting officers of departments and constitutional institutions and by accounting authorities of public entities, secondly by the relevant arm of state and finally by the Auditor-General of South Africa to ensure compliance.