Committee meeting attendance trends for 2020

This page shows the attendance rates of the committees in the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces in 2020. The attendance rate is automatically updated as committees meet and attendance is recorded.

You can click on a committee name to get more information; historical attendance rates as well as membership details can be found in the right sidebar of every committee page. It's also possible to download the raw data to do your own calculations and analysis.

For MP and Minister attendance rates we'd like to refer you to People's Assembly.

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National Assembly

	Committee	Meetings	Attendance	Since 2019
#1	Rules of the National Assembly	1	100%	+28% +27%
#2	Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation	51	86%	-2% -1%
#3	Home Affairs	26	83%	+3% +2%
#4	Trade and Industry	46	82%	-6% -6%
#5	Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development	38	81%	-8% -8%
#6	Social Development	34	79%	-2% -2%
#7	Health	22	78%	-8% -8%
#8	Public Works and Infrastructure	30	78%	-5% -4%
#9	Basic Education	30	78%	+2% +1%
#10	Sports, Arts and Culture	26	77%	-4% -3%
#11	Higher Education, Science and Technology	49	77%	-4% -3%
#12	Police	29	77%	-1% 0%
#13	Mineral Resources and Energy	35	77%	-4% -4%
#14	Tourism	29	76%	-6% -5%
#15	Public Accounts (SCOPA)	39	76%	+2% +1%
#16	Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs	82	76%	-2% -2%
#17	Small Business Development	24	76%	-13% -13%
#18	International Relations	21	75%	-4% -4%
#19	Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation	30	74%	-4% -3%
#20	Environment, Forestry and Fisheries	29	74%	0% 0%
#21	Communications	58	73%	0% +0%
#22	Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities	35	73%	-2% -2%
#23	Finance Standing Committee	44	71%	-3% -3%
#24	Justice and Correctional Services	64	70%	-6% -6%
#25	Standing Committee on Auditor General	7	70%	-10% -10%
#26	Transport	41	70%	-13% -12%
#27	Employment and Labour	32	69%	-13% -13%
#28	Defence and Military Veterans	27	68%	-4% -3%
#29	Standing Committee on Appropriations	52	67%	-6% -5%
#30	Public Enterprises	22	61%	-9% -8%

National Council of Provinces

	Committee	Meetings	Attendance	Since 2019
#1	NCOP Appropriations	15	93%	+9% +9%
#2	NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture	13	89%	+14% +13%
#3	NCOP Health and Social Services	6	88%	+10% +10%
#4	NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements	17	83%	+1% +0%
#5	NCOP Finance	11	79%	-17% -16%
#6	NCOP Security and Justice	21	76%	-5% -4%
#7	NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings	13	73%	+11% +10%
#8	NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy	14	73%	+4% +3%
#9	NCOP Transport, Public Service and Administration, Public Works and Infrastructure	18	71%	+4% +3%
#10	NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour	14	69%	-8% -7%
#11	NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication	14	54%	-11% -10%