The Committee expressed great concern at the fact that the DoWCPD was not able to report on its spending patterns to the National Treasury on a monthly basis as required by the PFMA. National Treasury has not received any expenditure analysis from the DoWCPD since it had been established. The DoWCPD attributed that to its capacity challenges and also to the fact that it was a relatively new department which was proclaimed in May 2009. Also, the DoWCPD operated under the President's Office during its inception phase and therefore submitted its reports to the latter and not to the National Treasury. To this end, the DoWCPD was requested to indicate to this Committee how the National Treasury could assist in order to improve its efficiency.