Official reply:
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION 1507/2013
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
Date of publication on internal question paper: 14 June 2013
Internal question paper no: 21
1507. Mrs H Lamoela (DA) to ask the Minister of Social Development:
(1) How many (a)(i) state and (ii) private substance abuse treatment
centres are there in each province and (b) beds are allocated to
patients at each specified treatment centre;
(2) how many (a) state and (b) private treatment centres in each province
cater for children;
(3) what funding does each (a) state and (b) private treatment centre
receive from the respective provinces?
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Reply:
Kindly be advised that the information that the question or a part thereof
falls within the purview of the competency of the provincial departments of
Social Development and will therefore require sourcing directly from the
relevant provincial departments, verification and ultimately consolidation
by the national department of Social Development.
The national department of Social Development has started the process of
sourcing the requisite information from the relevant provincial
departments. A detailed reply to your question will be provided to you
once all the information from the relevant provincial departments of Social
Development has been sourced, verified and consolidated.