QUESTION NUMBER: 1565
DATE FOR PUBLICATION: 9 OCTOBER 2009
DATE REPLY SUBMITTED: 15 DECEMBER 2009
MRS P C DUNCAN (DA) TO ASK THE MINISTER OF WOMEN, CHILDREN, AND PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES:
Whether her department renders any services pertaining to diversion
programmes in terms of the Child Justice Act, Act 75 of 2008; if not, why
not; if so, what are the relevant details? NW1971E
Response
The Ministry for Women, Children and People with Disabilities is not
responsible for diversion programmes. Instead the Department of Justice is
the key and lead department in this regard.