(a) The total expenditure on wages for EPWP participants:
(i) &(ii) A total of R8,2 billion has been spent in wages for the EPWP participants from April 2016 to June 2017 across all sectors of the programme.
(aa) For the 2016-17 financial year, a total of R7 billion has been spent on wages for the EPWP participants across all sectors of the programme.
(bb) Between April and June 2017, a total of R1 billion has been spent on wages for the participants,
(b) A total of 779 245 work opportunities have been created in 2016/17 financial year whilst 352 330 work opportunities have been created between April and June 2017.
(c) The average cost of creating work opportunities is R22 000 for 2016/17 and the average cost of work opportunities for the first quarter of 2017/18 was R6 471 across all sectors.