Programme 4: Climate Change was allocated R573.865 million for the 2010/11 financial year. The department spent R19.1 million or 3% in the first quarter on relief vessels, of which 308 million of the total allocation was utilised for the replacement of the Polar Research Vessel, which reduced the amount of money available for the rest of the programme. Installments for this would be paid in September 2010 and January 2011 and the vessel would be delivered in early 2013.