National government comprises of 38 budget votes in total, of which 10 departments were identified to have reported under or over expenditure. These departments included: the Departments of Public Works; Basic Education; Communications; Water Affairs; Social Development; Women; Children and People with Disabilities; Cooperative Governance; South African Police Service; National Treasury; and Human Settlements. Table 1 below provides the actual expenditure of the 10 selected departments for the period 1April 2011 to 31 March 2012.