The Department's budget is comprised of five programmes: Administration; Social Assistance; Social Security Policy and Administration; Welfare Service Policy Development and Implementation Support; and Social Policy and Integrated Service Delivery. The programmes which showed significant under expenditure are discussed hereunder. In respect of Compensation of Employees, the Department was allocated an amount of R276.6 million and has spent R273.5 million or 98.8 per cent. The reasons for this are as follows: