In terms of the current budget the sub-programme Legal Services gets R1.7 million rand or 2.68 percent of the programme allocation (an increase of 0.1 per cent). This sub-programme is currently responsible for providing legal advice to ICD officials on the ICD's mandate. It was previously indicated that Legal Services will become a fully- fledged programme on its own (Programme 3) with some of the functions to be moved to the Secretariat of Police; and the expansion of the investigative mandate of the ICD to focus on more serious crimes. The funding in the next budget for Legal Service is thus expected to increase dramatically to provide for the increased impact on Legal Service to secure a "dedicated legal services programme to provide legal opinions to investigators", and will help to improve service delivery and speed up investigations.