Overall, provincial departments of public works had spent only 49.7 per cent of the total adjusted Grant budget by 31 December 2010. Gauteng, at only 0.5 per cent, had spent the least, followed by KwaZulu-Natal at 40.9 per cent, Eastern Cape at 47.4 per cent and Limpopo at 50.0 per cent. There was a year-on-year improvement in overall spending of 29.7 per cent, with the Western Cape showing 296.4 per cent growth in spending, and Mpumalanga 48.1 per cent. The year-on-year spending in two provinces had declined by 98.9 per cent in Gauteng and 2.8 per cent in the Northern Cape.