In the 2011/12 financial year the Department was allocated a main appropriation of R75.790 million, which was adjusted upwards by R20.412 million in the 2011/12 mid-year budget adjustments to a final appropriation of R96.202 million. For the 2011/12 financial year, the department spent R92.841 million or 96.5 percent of the total appropriation of R96.202 million. This resulted in an under expenditure of R3.361 million or 3.5 percent at the end of the 2011/12 financial year.