(1) Whether any (a) antiretrovirals (ARVs), (b) tuberculosis (TB), (c) multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB), (d) extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB) and (e) any other chronic medication have been out of stock (i) in the 2009-10 financial year and (ii) since 1 April 2010; if so, (aa) which medication has been out of stock, (bb) in which provinces, (cc) on which dates was this information recorded and (dd) what were the reasons for the medicines being out of stock in each case; (2) whether any patients could not access any of their chronic medication due to the medicines being out of stock; if not, why not; if so, (a) how many patients, (b) in which provinces, (c) for how many days in each case did each patient not have access to his/her medication and (d) what alternative plans were made in each case; (3) whether any steps have been taken to ensure that sufficient stock of these medications are available; if not, why not; if so, what (a) steps and (b) target has been set by his department to reduce the level of insufficient stock of each medication?