[pic] The increased expenditure projected over the medium term in the Legal, Authorisations and Compliance and Chemicals and Waste Management programmes is due to the development and implementation of instruments to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the environmental impact management system across the country, and capacitating the two new programmes. Spending on transfers and subsidies to departmental agencies and accounts is projected to increase significantly over this period due mainly to an additional allocation of R1.2 billion received from the economic competitiveness and support package. Other increases over the medium term relate to agency and support services, such as wildlife security, administration and added support personnel for the Department's new focus areas.