4.3.3 Mineral Regulation: Programme 3 was allocated a total amount of R215.9 million in the 2010/11 financial year. The programme only spent about R40.5 million or 18.7 per cent at the end of the first quarter. Slower than expected spending was as a result of spending on goods and services, which stood at 5.3 per cent by the end of the first quarter. This programme managed to spend only 97.6 per cent of its total budget during the 2009/10 financial year.