Provinces were requested to make oral presentations on the Community Library Services Grant and to take into consideration the following: . Data trends in allocations, transfers and actual expenditure on the Grant; . Assessment of department's monitoring capacity for the 2012/13 financial year and indicate under/over-spending and what capacity constraints impacted on these outcomes; . Whether monthly reports are received from receiving departments or municipalities, and if not, what the departments are doing in order to ensure compliance with monthly reporting; and . Whether the departments deviated from their 2012/13 business plans on the Grant.