Question NW2970 to the Minister of Finance
18 December 2018 - NW2970
Lees, Mr RA to ask the Minister of Finance
What (a) is the total cost of legal expenses incurred by the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) (i) in the 2017-18 financial year and (ii) since 1 April 2018, (b) percentage of the total expenses incurred by the FCC is constituted of legal expenses in each case and (c)(i) is the total number of cases, (ii) are the details of the legal matters covered in each case and (iii) is the total cost incurred for each case?
Reply:
(a) (i) The total cost of legal expenses during 2017-18 financial year amounted to R198 800
(ii) The total cost of legal expenses since 1 April 2018 amounted to R139 955
(b) Percentage of each case in 2017-18 financial year see below link:
http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/RNW2970_Percentage_2017-18..pdf
Percentage of each case since 1 April 2018 see below link:
http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/RNW2970_Percentage_2018-19.pdf
(c) (i) Total number of cases in 2017/18 financial year - 2
Total number of cases since 1 April 2018 – 1
(ii) All cases dealt with labour matters
(iii) Refer to table in b above