With regards to non-financial performance, the Department had planned to provide an additional 746 004 people with access to water but only managed to provide for 346 000 by end of September 2012, only 1 674 out of the target of 7 000 rainwater harvesting tanks had been distributed, the Department had provided 180 subsidies to resource poor farmers from a set target of 750 and only 166 out of a target of 803 water treatment works had been assessed. The Department indicated that there were budget shortfalls for targets and that the supply of rainwater harvesting tanks was a support initiative to the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform. The Committee pointed out targets stated in the Department's performance plans were the responsibility of the Department and that budget shortfalls arise due to a lack of alignment between the Department's Annual Performance Plan and its budget.