PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
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FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO: 1119
Mrs M Wenger (DA) to ask the Minister of Correctional Services:
(a) What total amount has (i) his department and (ii) each specified entity
reporting to him spent on conferences in the (aa) 2009-10, (bb) 2010-11,
(cc) 2011-12 and (dd) 2012-13 financial years and (b) what (i) amount was
spent on, and (ii) is the breakdown of the expenditure for, each specified
conference? NW1352E
REPLY
For the purposes of this reply, a conference is a meeting called by the
Department lasting two or more days, in which people with common interest
(external stakeholders) participate in discussions.
Below are details of such meetings held:
(a) (i) and (ii) (aa), (bb), (cc) & (dd)
|Year |Amount spent |
|2009/10 |None |
|2010/11 |R849 000.00 |
|2011/12 |R394 344.30 |
|2012/13 |R2 240 227.15 |
(b) (i) and (ii)
|Year |Name of Conference |Breakdown |Amount spent |
|2010/11 |Southern African |67 Delegates |R849 000.00 |
| |Development Community |(accommodation, | |
| |(SADC) Commissionerâs |transport and | |
| |Forum |Conference | |
| | |package | |
|2011/12 |Integrated Employee Health|84 delegates |R394 344.30 |
| |and Wellness (IEHW) |(accommodation, | |
| |Conference |conference | |
| | |package) | |
|2012/13 |National Correctional |300 Delegates |R1 130 791.05 |
| |Services Parole Board and |(accommodation | |
| |Case Management Committee |and meals) | |
| |Workshop | | |
| |SADC Meeting (Co-hosted |49 Delegates |R742 428.00 |
| |with the Department Home |(accommodation, | |
| |Affairs) |transport and | |
| | |Conference | |
| | |package | |
| |Colloquium : Towards |175 Delegates |R367 008.10 |
| |finding solutions for |(accommodation, | |
| |South Africaâs high rate |conference | |
| |of Incarceration and |package) | |
| |breaking the cycle of | | |
| |crime | | |