The Department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities (the Department) was allocated an adjusted amount of R143.1 million for the 2011/12 financial year. At the end of the fourth quarter the department had spent R165.8 million or 115.8per cent of the allocation. This resulted in an over expenditure of R22.7 million or 15.9 per cent. The recorded over expenditure occurred in a number of programmes which are discussed in the following section.