(1) Who authorised the allocation of a state house to Mr Mac Maharaj from 1 January 2010 until 30 April 2015; (2) whether his department received a request from anyone to allocate a state house to the specified person; if not, how was the decision made to allocate the house; if so, (a) who made the request, (b) when was the request made and (c) on what grounds was the request made; (3) what was the total cost, including cleaning and other services, of providing the house to the specified person for the period he occupied it; (4) whether his department has a policy with regard to awarding state houses in the Bryntirion Estate in Pretoria to (a) persons who are not Ministers or Deputy Ministers and (b) special envoys; if not, why not; if so, what is the relevant policy; Friday, 21 August 2015 1124 INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 32 - 2015 (5) whether his department requested the specified person to pay rent while occupying the state house; if not, why not; if so, what amount was (a) requested and (b) paid?