It should be noted that the Department was among the departments that reported high under-expenditure levels in the 2009/10 financial year. An amount of R15.5 million for ICT Infrastructure Development programme was not spent due to delays in converting PPP processes to national PPP. The Department recorded an under-spending of 6.82 per cent in 2009/10 due to a number of factors that have recurred in the first quarter of the 2010/11 financial year. These included: