The Department incurred an under expenditure amounting to R3.361 million or 3.5 percent of its total final appropriation. This under expenditure was experienced in all four departmental programmes. Programme 3 (Integrated Public Performance Data Systems) not only had the highest rate of under expenditure but is the only programme that under-spent by more than R1 million. Current Payments emerged as the main contributor to under expenditure across all programmes due mainly to delays in the filling of funded vacant posts. The vacancy rate as at the end of the 2011/12 financial year was 30 percent. The vacant positions included those of Deputy Directors-General of which one position was later filled whilst the remaining position was waiting approval from the Cabinet. Other key contributing factors to the under expenditure related to: