1.2 Terms of reference The public hearings formed part of the Committee's ongoing interaction with provinces to monitor their spending on conditional grants allocated to them. A framework for each grant sets out the purpose of the grant, measurable objectives, conditions, allocation criteria, and past performance among other things. Provincial departments of education were requested to make presentations on HIV and AIDS Grant and to take into consideration the following: . Data trends in allocations, transfers and actual expenditure of conditional grants of the department; . Assessment of department's monitoring capacity for the 2009/2010 financial year and indicate under/overspending and what capacity constraints that impacted on these outcomes; . Report whether monthly reports are received from receiving departments and or municipalities, and if not, what the departments are doing in order to ensure compliance with monthly reporting; and . Medium-term strategic plans.