With respect to Forensic Pathology, the National Treasury reported that the total adjusted budget for all provincial department was R527 billion and the projected outcome was R628 billion. The National Treasury further reported that the total adjusted budget for the Provincial Department of Health of Northern Cape was R31 million with a projected outcome of R21 million as at 31 December 2009. However, the Provincial Department of Health of Northern Cape had under-spent by R10 million and that, on a year- on-year comparison, this spending is less by 9.2 per cent compared to the same period in the 2008/9 financial year.