The Department of Energy received an allocation of R5.53 billion in the 2010/11 financial and it had only spent R684.5 million or 12.3 per cent of the allocation. The under expenditure was due to the lower than expected expenditure on Current Payments. This category was allocated an amount of R202.1 million but the Department had only spent R42.9 million or 94 per cent of its projected expenditure in this economic classification at the end of the first quarter. Initially the Department had projected to spend R45.7 million in the first quarter on Current Payments. The Department had thus under spent on current payments by 0.6 per cent. The lower than projected expenditure was on goods and services. This was due to the outstanding payments which were not paid to the Department of Mineral Resources. The two Departments had been sharing a lease agreement for accommodation. They were therefore supposed to share the costs however the Department of Mineral Resources ended up paying for the lease agreement with the understanding that the Department of Energy would compensate it later.