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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 663
DATE OF PUBLICATION: Friday, 18 July 2014
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 5 of 2014
663. Mr J J McGluwa (DA) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:
(1) What is the total number of penalties issued for late birth
registrations since 1 March 2014;
(2) How many of these penalties were issued (a) at hospitals and (b) for
each hospital respectively;
(3) What is the total budget allocated by his department to render birth
registration services in the over 300 hospitals for the 2014-15 financial
year;
(4) Whether his department is considering expanding the birth registration
services to other hospitals in the country; if not, why not; if so, what
are the relevant details? NW747E
REPLY:
(1) Penalties for late registration of births are not yet implemented. No
penalties for late birth registrations have therefore been issued to date.
(2) None.
(3) There is no specific budget allocated for birth registration services.
Provinces utilise their operational budgets to provide services at the
health facility service points.
(4) The Department has an expansion plan for registration services at
additional health facilities in future. The details of the proposed health
facilities are attached as Annexure A.