According to Table 4 (below), the overall budget allocation for the Department has increased by 5.41 per cent in nominal terms from the adjusted appropriation of R8.98 billion in 2012/13 to R9.46 billion in 2013/14. However, in real terms this reflected a decline by 0.18 per cent. The major contributing factor in real terms is a decrease of 18.37 per cent and 19.19 percent in the budget allocation for the programmes of administration and geospatial and cadastral services respectively. The Committee noted that such a decrease was mainly accounted in the significant decrease in expenditure for goods and services due to a decrease in the usage of consultants. The Committee also observed a noticeable increase in the programme of Rural Development which increased by 17.88 per cent in nominal terms during 2013/14 as compared to 2012/13. The increase was attributed to the number of new entrants into the NARYSEC programme and implementation of various rural development projects. The Committee further noted that the largest share of the budget has been allocated to the programmes of Restitution and Land Reform, which jointly account for 71.71 per cent of the entire budget allocation for 2013/14. The Committee welcomed the prioritisation of these two programmes, especially in view of the challenges that confront land reform, mainly increasing the pace of land redistribution, recapitalisation and development of land reform farms as well as the challenge of land tenure security on commercial farms.