The Committee expressed concern at the projected increase of expenditure on consultants and professional fees which has increased from R4.7 million in the 2011/12 financial year to R12.2 in the 2012/13 financial year. Part of the R12.2 million included the following allocations: . R5 million to support evaluations under outcomes monitoring and evaluation; . R1.3 million of supporting evaluations; . R3.3 million under public sector oversight to support institutional performance and frontline service delivery monitoring; and . R1.5 million for outsourced internal auditing functions