The department aims to increase focus on the production of information, thus the above stipulated sub-programme budgets have increased. Health and vital statistics publish statistics on births, deaths, marriages, divorces, tourism and migration based on administrative records. On the other hand, poverty and inequality statistics budget decreases by 9.8 per cent in nominal terms. This is due to the goods and services budget decreasing by 9.3 per cent, from R15 million in the previous financial year to R8 million in the current financial year.