Question NW3347 to the Minister of Finance

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02 October 2015 - NW3347

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Maynier, Mr D to ask the Minister of Finance

(1)In respect of the mandatory cost containment measures specified in the National Treasury Instruction 01 of 2013-14, by what (a) amount and (b) percentage did expenditure on (i) consultants, (ii) travel and subsistence and (iii) catering and events (aa) increase and/or (bb) decrease in each specified (aaa) department, (bbb) constitutional institution and (ccc) public entity listed in Schedule 2 and 3 of the Public Finance Management Act, Act 1 of 1999, (aaaa) in the (aaaaa) 2013-14 and (bbbbb) 2014-15 financial years and (ccccc) in the period 1 April 2015 up to the latest specified date for which information is available; (2) What is the total amount of the specified expenditure (a) in the 2013-14 financial year and (b) during the period 1 April 2015 up to the latest specified date for which information is available?

Reply:

  1. Table 1 provides a summary of expenditure in relation to the amounts spent and the percentage increases or decreases related to (i) consultants, (ii) travel and subsistence and (iii) catering and events in departments. The table provides expenditure information for the 2012/2013, 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 financial years.

Table 2 provides a summary of expenditure in relation to the amounts spent on (i) consultants, (ii) travel and subsistence and (iii) catering and events in departments for months of 01 April 2015 to August 2015. The aforementioned information was extracted from the National Treasury’s transversal financial management systems that are utilised by departments.

Expenditure information on consultants, travel and subsistence and catering and events is not available for constitutional institutions and public entities listed in Schedules 2 and 3 to the PFMA since these institutions utilise different entity controlled financial systems for their payments.

Table 1:

Expenditure related to consultants, travel and subsistence and catering and events for the periods 2012/2013, 2013/2014 and 2014/2015



Departmental Expenditure


Actual

2012/2013


Actual
2013/2014

Increase   

Decrease  

Stagnant

Amounts
R’ billions

Amounts
R’ billions


Consultants
 


12,517,130.00


12,825,333.00


2%


Travel and Subsistence


9,612,468.00
 


9,861,580.00


3%


Catering, entertainment and venue rental
 


1,919,882.00
 


2,277,808.00


19%

 
 
 Departmental Expenditure

 

Actual
2013/2014

Preliminary Outcome
2014/2015



%

 

Amounts
R’ billions

Amounts
R’ billions


Consultants
 

 
12,825,333.00


12,461,082.00


-3%


Travel and Subsistence
 


9,861,580.00


9,290,305.00


-6%


Catering, entertainment and venue rental
 


2,277,808.00


1,202,054.00


-47%

Table 2:

Expenditure related to consultants, travel and subsistence and catering and events for the periods 1 April 2015 to 31 August 2015.




   Departmental Expenditure


Total Expenditure for
the period April to
August 2015




April 2015




May 2015




June 2015




July 2015




Aug 2015


Consultants


1,732,426,679


297,622,187


468,593,838


276,016,927

 

295,309,972


394,883,755


Travel and Subsistence


3,257,077,554


423,396,914


599,404,614


721,937,277


776,152,420


736,186,328


Catering, entertainment  and venue rental



397,756,954



38,426,149



71,388,387



84,038,985



106,305,102



97,598,331


Total


5,387,261,187


759,445,250


1,139,386,839


1,081,993,189


1,177,767,495


1,228,668,414

 

2.The total expenditure in relation to consultants, travel and subsistence and catering and events for the 2013/2014 financial year amounts to R25 billion. Corresponding expenditure from 1 April 2015 to 31 August 2015 amounts to R5.4 billion.

 

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