In 2011/12, the Department was allocated R1.036 billion and it had spent R261.9 million or 25.3 per cent of its total budget by the end of the first quarter. The overall spending for the first quarter is in line with the 25 per cent spending per quarter benchmark. The expenditure per programme in the fourth quarter of the 2010/11 financial year and the first quarter of the 2011/12 financial year was as follows: