NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 1714
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER [No 18-2011]
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 24 June 2011
1714. Mr A M Figlan (DA) to ask the Minister of Rural Development and Land
Reform:
1) What is the detailed expenditure breakdown for the Ministry sub-
programme under Programme 1: Administration in the (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-
09, (c) 2009-10 and (d) 2010-11 financial years;
2) (a) what was the actual budget increase each year, expressed as a
percentage, for funds allocated to this sub-programme and (b) how is the
increase for each specified financial year justified?
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THE MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND LAND REFORM:
| |(1)Detailed |(2)(a) Actual |(2)(b) |
| |expenditure |budget increase |How is the |
| |breakdown |per annum (%) |increase justified|
| |Ministryâs budget |Falls away. |Falls away. |
|2007-2008 |administered by | | |
| |the Department of | | |
| |Agriculture at the| | |
| |time. | | |
| | | | |
|2008-2009 | | | |
| |Please refer to |Falls away. |Falls away. |
|2009-2010 |Annexure A. | | |
| |Please refer to |12.7%. |The increase was |
| |Annexure A. | |as a result of an |
|2010-2011 | | |increase in |
| | | |compensation of |
| | | |employees as the |
| | | |Ministry was only |
| | | |created in 2010. |
ANNEXURE A TO NA-QUES 1714: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: WRITTEN REPLY
Actual Ministry expenditure for the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 financial
years:
|Programme 1: Administration | | | |
|Subprogramme: Ministry | | | |
|Economic classification |2009-2010 |Increase / |2010-2011 |
| | |(decrease) | |
|Â |R'000 |% |R'000 |
|Compensation of employees | |69.6% | |
| |5,707 | |9,678 |
|Â |Â |Â |Â |
|Salaries and wages |5,159 |68.0% | |
| | | |8,668 |
|Social contributions |548 |84.3% | |
| | | |1,010 |
|Â |Â |Â |Â |
|Goods and services |8,370 |8.7% | |
| | | |9,096 |
|Â |Â |Â |Â |
|Administrative fees |230 |110.0% | |
| | | |483 |
|Advertising |- |100.0% | |
| | | |68 |
|Assets less than the capitalization |126 |(34.9)% | |
|threshold | | |82 |
|Catering: Departmental activities |33 |90.9% | |
| | | |63 |
|Communication |86 |650.0% | |
| | | |645 |
|Computer services |70 |(100.0)% | |
| | | |- |
|Contractors |1 |(100.0)% | |
| | | |- |
|Agency and support / outsourced |- |100.0% | |
|services | | |33 |
|Inventory | |7.5% | |
| |214 | |230 |
|Lease payments | |100.0% | |
| |- | |36 |
|Property payments | |(66.7)% | |
| |15 | |5 |
|Travel and subsistence | |(3.7)% | |
| |7,545 | |7,268 |
|Training and development | |100.0% | |
| |- | |6 |
|Operating expenditure | |10.5% | |
| |38 | |42 |
|Venues and facilities | |1025.0% | |
| |12 | |135 |
|Â |Â |Â |Â |
|Payments for capital assets | |(86.2)% | |
| |3,134 | |434 |
|Â |Â |Â |Â |
|Transport equipment | |(100.0)% | |
| |2,753 | |- |
|Other machinery and equipment | |13.9% | |
| |381 | |434 |
|Â |Â |Â |Â |
|Payments for financial assets | |- | |
| |- | |197 |
|Â |Â |Â |Â |
|Total | |12.7% | |
| |17,211 | |19,405 |