4.4.4 The Care programme provides for needs-based programmes and services aimed at maintaining the personal wellbeing of incarcerated offenders by facilitating physical fitness, social functioning, health care, and spiritual, moral and psychological wellbeing. The allocation to this programme has received the highest increase from the previous year's allocation and stands at R1.6 billion which translate to 12 % of the total budget of the Department. This budget will be spent on ensuring the wellbeing of incarcerated people and meeting the needs of special categories of offenders including children, female offenders, offenders with disabilities, offenders with mental illness and elderly offenders. The growth of the budget in the medium term is at a projected average annual rate of 11.5 %, which will include the provision of additional remuneration for health care workers.