During the 2010/11 financial year, the Department's appropriation was adjusted down by R487.6 million from R4.6 billion to R4.1 billion. By the end of the 2010/11 financial year, the Department's total expenditure was R4 billion or 98 per cent of the total appropriation. This under expenditure equates to R76 million. In comparison, the Department underspent by R77.8 million in 2009/10, spending 98.2 per cent of the R4.3 billion appropriation.