(1) Whether, with regard to an email that was sent to his department on 4 December 2020, his department is in contravention of the Public Service Commission Code Of Conduct For Public Servants as it failed to respond to the request for the psychiatric assessment of a certain person (name furnished) according to section 27 of the Mental Health Care Act, Act 17 of 2002, which makes provision for next of kin to request that psychiatric assessment be done on a requested person; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details;
2) whether an assessment was performed on the specified person as requested by the specified person’s sister; if not, has he found that his department made a blunder in this case; if so, on what date was the assessment performed;
(3) whether his department submitted a report of the findings to a certain person (name furnished); if not, why not; if so, on what date;
(4)whether his department communicated with the specified person on the issue raised; if not, what (a) is the position in this regard and (b) remedy does his department undertake to correct the transgression; if so, will he furnish Mr D J Stubbe with proof of the communication;
(5) whether his department takes issues raised by families of inmates seriously; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details regarding the request from the family member and (b) is any disciplinary action being taken with regard to any of the staff involved in this
matter? NW3341E