The Committee noted with concern the disparities in respect of the contents of Programme 1 (Administration) of the budgets of national departments, despite the guidelines that were issued on an annual basis by the National Treasury. Even more concerning was the fact that this issue has been raised by the Committee with the National Treasury before. There were cases in which Programme 1 (Administration) received higher budgetary allocations relative to programmes that dealt with the department's core functions. 5. Allocations for Selected National Departments