The Department was allocated an amount of R6.1 billion in the 2010/11 financial year. The Department had projected to spend about 25 per cent of the budget in the first quarter but only R1.01 billion or 16.6 per cent of the budget had been spent at the end of the first quarter. This meant that the department had under spent by 8.4 per cent when compared to its projections. This slow spending in the Department was attributed to the under expenditure on the following economic classifications: