(1) (a) At the time of responding to the questionnaire according to the set deadline, the national Department of Social Development had not yet received inputs from the provinces since the parliamentary question needs provincial inputs.
(1) (b) (i) The Department is funding R15 per child per day in 8 provinces and R17 per child in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2) All centres that are receiving a subsidy for funding, provide meals for the children. The Department of Social Development works in collaboration with the Department of Health to assist in the provisioning of a set menu for the ECD centres.