Question NW851 to the Minister of Home Affairs
12 April 2022 - NW851
Chetty, Mr M to ask the Minister of Home Affairs
What total amount in Rand has been spent on (a) catering, (b) entertainment and (c) accommodation for (i) him, (ii) the Deputy Minister and (iii) officials of his department since 29 May 2019?
Reply:
The expenditure on catering and entertainment relates to amounts incurred on refreshments for Departmental conferences, workshops, indabas, courses, forums, recruitment interviews, training sessions, hearings and management meetings. The amounts for catering in 2019/20 financial year was for external stakeholder meetings during the pre-Covid19 period.
The entertainment expenditure is for luncheon meetings held with colleagues, foreign delegations and/or other individuals from within or outside the public sector including dinner for meetings that go into late afternoon and evening.
The accommodation expenditure is for official trips, namely, domestic and international. These trips are to attend conferences, parliament briefings, bilateral meetings, visits to offices and for border deployment of officials to borderlines during festive/ Easter periods
The total amounts, in Rands, that have been spent on the following items since 01 April 2019 to 18 March 2022 are;
a)
|
CATERING |
2019/20 |
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
|
(i) Minister |
R5 000 |
R0 |
R0 |
|
(ii) Deputy Minister |
R0 |
R0 |
R0 |
|
(iii) Departmental |
R1 904 427 |
R653 146 |
R569 386 |
|
b) |
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|
ENTERTAINMENT |
2019/20 |
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
|
(i) Minister |
R30 565 |
R36 182 |
R15 342 |
|
(ii) Deputy Minister |
R7 831 |
R3 927 |
R0 |
|
(iii) Department |
R137 483 |
R48 046 |
R56 513 |
|
c) |
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|
ACCOMMODATION |
2019/20 |
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
|
(i) Minister |
R987 411 |
R43 526 |
R200 525 |
|
(ii) Deputy Minister |
R1 016 343 |
R582 630 |
R873 683 |
|
(ii) Department |
R68 125 806 |
R28 414 197 |
R45 386 791 |
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