The Department has a total budget of R2.1 billion in the 2012/13 financial year. Programme allocation was as follows: Programme 1: Administration receives the largest allocation, at 35% of the total allocation; Programme 4: Labour Policy and Industrial Relations, which receives 30%; Programme 2: Inspection and Enforcement Services, with an allocation of 25%; and Programme 3: Public Employment Services, which receives 15%. When viewed by economic classification, the allocation for the compensation of employees is 42%, followed by transfers and subsidies at 30%, goods and services at 27% and payments for capital assets at 2%. The overall variation from the financial plans in the Department is mainly under goods and services (R55.7 million) followed by compensation of employees (R28.2 million). This trend is consistent with the previous financial year, and points to the inability of the Department of Public Works to provide invoices on a regular basis, and the slow filling of posts at the Department of Labour.