National Treasury reported that there has been an aggregate improvement in the spending rate on the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) grant. The spending rate is 12.5 percent higher in comparison to the first quarter of the 2009/10 financial year. This improvement in spending rate is attributable to the provinces of Free State, Northern Cape and Limpopo. National Treasury added that the provinces of Eastern Cape, Gauteng and North West are spending at a lower rate in comparison to the same time in the 2009/10 financial year that is 18.4, 8 and 47 per cent, respectively. A combination of supply chain challenges and invoicing are impending spending on the NSNP grant.