The committee noted a 23.9% decrease in real terms of budget allocation for Geo-spatial and Cadastral Services, a decrease from R486.7 million in 2010/11 to R388.1million in 2011/12. The Committee commended the Department in this programme for its work to ensure that turn around times for examination of cadastral documents, and registering title deeds. However, a crucial matter that emerged was the finalization of the surveys and registering of state land. The DRDLR committed itself towards development of a Comprehensive Land Register by 2013. The Committee welcomed commitment to ensure an in-house capacity to deal with cadastral and deeds registries, especially the in-house training programme facilitated by the