In response to what accounted for the unspent funds, the Department reported that a huge portion of it was as a result of under expenditure in the compensation of employees due to unfilled posts, an under-expenditure in the Regional Bulk Infrastructure Grant, for example, some of the municipalities did not submit the required designs or standards for infrastructure development and an under-expenditure in the replacement of donor funds with the Treasury funds. The Department also reminded the Committee that it would only know the exact extent of under-expenditure once the annual audit was done.