The Department of Rural Development was allocated a total budget of R6.7 billion for the 2010/11 financial year. It had projected to spend at least 25 per cent of the entire budget in the first quarter but could only spend R851 million or 13 per cent of the entire budget. This meant that the Department had under spent by 12 per cent of the entire budget in the first quarter. The slow expenditure was mainly on household transfer expenditure which was meant to be utilised for settling of new claims but instead was utilised to settle outstanding restitution court cases.