All five of the Department's Programmes under-spent on their respective allocations. The Department states that the under-spending in Programmes 2 to 5 was due to staff turnover, the resultant administrative costs and delays in procuring office equipment as well as equipment. Virements, effected after the adjustment budget, amounted to R24.95 million (0.6 per cent of the total adjusted appropriation) and comprised R11.9 million that was approved by the National Treasury and R13.05 million that was approved by the Department's Director-General. Of the total virements, R15.55 million was moved between major items; R6.95 million was moved between Programmes and R2.45 million was moved within major items. Programme 5 is the only Programme that relinquished funds for virements. The receiving programmes were Programme 1 (R4.45 million) and Programme 3 (R2.5 million). Programme 1 moved R13.05 million from the "Compensation of employees" item to augment the item "Goods and Services".