The Department's budget is 97 percent Transfers and Subsidies and 3 percent operational expenses. As a result, although the expenditures on other spending areas is well above the norm of 50 percent as at mid year (30 September 2010), the lower expenditure on Transfers brings down the overall average below the norm (38 percent) especially because, as stated above, Transfers and Subsidies accounts for 97 per cent of the total budget. This is a significant weighting which greatly influence the total expenditure as at 30 September 2010.