In terms of Policy and Planning for Gender Equality, this sub-programme aims to conduct research and analysis on gender related issues to develop appropriate legislation that is sustainable and can be implemented. The ENE notes that in terms of institutional capacity, this sub-programme has a staff complement of 5 that is expected to increase to 24 over the MTEF period. To this extent, a budget allocation of R 10.1 million over the MTEF period has been allocated to this sub-programme, of which 60.5 per cent will be used for the compensation of employees. In terms of budgetary allocations for this sub-programme, R2, 814 million has been allocated for the 2011/2012 financial year. The Committee raised concern with regard to how sustainable this programme is in light of the fact that more than half of the programme budget has been allocated to the remuneration of the staff complement. Moreover, the Committee wanted to know the extent to which the Department would be able to achieve its mandate in light of the limited budget available for programmes.