36/1/4/1/201300073
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO 644
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 28 MARCH 2013
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 10-2013)
Date reply submitted: 16 April 2013
644. Mr J F Smalle (DA) to ask the Minister of Police:
(1) How many claims were instituted against the SA Police Service (a) in
the (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09, (iii) 2009-10, (iv) 2010-11 and (v) 2011-
12 financial years and (b) during the period 1 April 2012 up to the
latest specified date for which information is available;
(2) in respect of each specified financial year, (a) what amount was
claimed, (b) how many claims were (i) finalised in court, (ii) settled
out of court and (iii) are still outstanding and (c) what amount has
been paid to each plaintiff in each case that was (i) finalised in
court and (ii) settled out of court?
NW803E
REPLY:Question (1) and (2)
|FIN YEAR|NUMBER OF |AMOUNT |NUMBER |AMOUNT |NUMBER |NUMBER | | |
| |CLAIMS |CLAIMED |OF |PAID |OF |OF | | |
| |INSTITUTED | |CLAIMS | |CLAIMS |CLAIMS | | |
| | | |PAID | |CANCELL|STILL | | |
| | | | | |ED |OUTSTAND| | |
| | | | | |/REDUCE|ING | | |
| | | | | |D FOR | | | |
| | | | | |REASONS| | | |
| | | | | |OTHER | | | |
| | | | | |THAN | | | |
| | | | | |PAYMENT| | | |
| | | | | |S | | | |
|2008/200|5172 |3 266 230|706 |629 |63 539 |82 081 |2044 |1793 |
|9 | | | | | | | | |
|2009/201|5522 |2 522 463|870 |616 |72 713 |90 070 |1652 |2384 |
|0 | | | | | | | | |
|2010/201|8027 |3 692 193|786 |560 |66 069 |83 195 |1158 |5523 |
|1 | | | | | | | | |
|2011/201|10552 |7 174 091|562 |553 |37 322 |55 798 |1068 |8369 |
|2 | | | | | | | | |
Note:The figures for 2012/13 are still to be audited and will appear in the
annual report. The reply to question (2) relates to the same claims that
were instituted in the respective financial years referred to in question
(1). A large number of these are finalized for reasons other than
payments. Such claims became dormant, prescribed, were abandoned, withdrawn
or did not comply with the Institution of Legal Proceedings against Certain
Organs of State Act, Act 40 of 2002.
Reply to question 644 approved by the Minister