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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO: 1233 (NW1430E)
PUBLISHED IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 12-2012 OF 11 MAY 2012
Mr S Esau (DA) to ask the Minister of International Relations and
Cooperation:
What amount has her department spent on: (a) Catering; and (b)
Entertainment (i) in the (aa) 2007/08; (bb) 2008/09, (cc) 2009/10, (dd)
2010/11 and (ee) 2011/12 financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2012?
REPLY:
a. The item âCateringâ is used to budget for National Day receptions at
missions abroad in furtherance of South Africaâs foreign policy. The
Department has set a specific budget limit according to the categories
of missions and the expenditure is capped within the approved limits.
b. Entertainment expenditure includes expenditure incurred at missions in
furtherance of South Africaâs foreign policy and in line with a
Missionâs approved Annual Performance Plan. Entertainment tariffs are
set and revised annually.
In respect of previous financial years, the following expenditure has
been incurred (in millions):-
| | | | |
|Description |2007/08 |2008/09 |2009/10 |2010/11 |2011/12 |
|Catering | | | | | |
| |20,113 |27,711 |20,199 |17,465 |17,095 |
|Entertainmen| | | | | |
|t |24,355 |28,991 |27,102 |12,540 |11,255 |
|Total | | | | | |
| |44,468 |56,702 |47,301 |30,005 |28,350 |
With regard to the 2012/13 financial year, the Department has spent
R8.6 million and R1.4 million on catering and entertainment respectively
as at 31 May 2012.
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