Question NW3463 to the Minister of Tourism
22 November 2018 - NW3463
King, Ms C to ask the Minister of Tourism
(1)(a) On what date did his department last conduct an audit of artwork owned by Government which is under his department’s curatorship and (b) what are the details of each artwork under the curatorship of his department according to the Generally Recognised Accounting Practice 103; (2) Whether any artworks under his department’s curatorship have gone missing (a) in each of the past five financial years and (b) since 1 April 2018; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
1(a) Date of last audit of artwork owned by the Department of Tourism
The last audit of artwork was done before 31 March 2018.
(b) What are the details of each artwork under the curatorship of the department?’
The artwork is accounted for in accordance with the Modified Cash Standard issued by National Treasury and applicable to government departments.
(2) Artwork that went missing:
(a) –(b) The Department has no artwork that went missing for the requested financial years.