Official reply: 29 August 2014
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION 895 /2014
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
Date of publication on internal question paper: 01 August 2014
Internal question paper no: 07
895. Ms E R Wilson (DA) to ask the Minister of Social Development:
(1) How many social welfare workers are registered in each province;
(2) what amounts were (a) budgeted for, (b) transferred to and (c) spent
by provinces to employ social workers (i) in the (aa) 2012-13 and (bb)
2013-14 financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2014;
(3) (a) what number of social welfare workers is employed in the mental
health sector in each province and (b) of these how many are employed
by (i) the State and (ii) non-governmental organisations;
(4) (a) what is the ratio of social workers to (i) hospitals and (ii)
patients and (b) what is the ratio of social workers in the mental
health sector to (i) hospitals and (ii) patients in each province;
(5) whether there has been any delay in payment of social workers (a) in
the 2013-14 financial year and (b) since 1 April 2014; if so, in each
specified case what (i) is the length of the delay and (ii) are the
amounts due? NW984E
Reply:
At the time of responding the replying to this question the Department was
still awaiting a comprehensive response from provincial departments which
are responsible for this function. I will furnish the Honourable Member
with a reply upon receipt of provincial inputs.
The Member can also look for information through the relevant Provinces.