Transfers and Subsidies: expenditure was R295.2 million, or 46.2% of the available budget of R639.3 million. Planned expenditure was R285 million so the Department is ahead by R10.2 million. This is primarily within Programme 3: Public Employment Services, due to a request for funding made by the Sheltered Employment Factories (SEF) to pay salaries due to slow sales at the start of 2012/13. These issues have persisted for three months so far.