Question NW325 to the Minister of Health
04 June 2020 - NW325
Ismail, Ms H to ask the Minister of Health
(1)What is the total cost to his department of the public hearings regarding the National Health Insurance; (2) what is the breakdown of the specified costs in each (a) province and (b) municipality?
Reply:
1. The total cost to the Department for attending the Public Hearings on the NHI Bill is R841,521.64;
2. (a) The table below gives the provincial breakdown of the cost to the Department for attending the public hearing on the NHI Bill;
(b) The breakdown to municipal level is complex as travel and accommodation was arranged at central locations and in most cases not in the specific locations of where the hearing was conducted. Thus making it difficult to ascribe specific costs to individual municipalities.
Table 1.
|
DATE |
PROVINCE |
AIR TRAVEL |
ACCOMODATION |
GROUND TRANSPORT CAR HIRE |
S&T CLAIMS |
KILOMETRE CLAIMS |
TOTAL |
|
25-29 Oct 2019 |
Mpumalanga N = 8 |
35,866.77 |
44,000.00 |
12,743.05 |
66,434.04 |
5,266.37 |
164,310.23 |
|
1- 4 Nov 2019 |
Northern Cape N = 6 |
24,600.00 |
27,000.00 |
26,500.00 |
52,260.00 |
- |
130,360.00 |
|
15-19 Nov 2019 |
Limpopo N = 6 |
6,756.00 |
27,439.58 |
20,696.11 |
40,313.72 |
429.24 |
95,634.65 |
|
22-26 Nov 2019 |
Kwa-Zulu Natal N = 5 |
2,901.00 |
10,260.50 |
31,051.74 |
41,069.23 |
429.24 |
85,711.71 |
|
29 Nov-03 Dec 2019 |
Eastern Cape N = 6 |
23,449.32 |
31,029.43 |
26,872.28 |
40,324.36 |
214.62 |
121,890.01 |
|
27 Jan- 01 Feb 2020 |
Free State & North West N = 5 |
10,398.52 |
14,266.10 |
31,093.05 |
79,209.78 |
- |
134,967.45 |
|
04- 09 Feb 2020 |
Western Cape N = 6 |
13,408.32 |
33,330.00 |
- |
39,982.88 |
- |
86,721.20 |
|
21-23 Feb 2020 |
Gauteng N = 6 |
- |
- |
20,000.00 |
- |
1,926.39 |
21,926.39 |
|
Total |
117,379.93 |
187,325.61 |
168,956.23 |
359,594.01 |
8,265.86 |
841,521.64 |
N = Number of Participants
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