Question NW4083 to the Minister of Home Affairs
07 December 2015 - NW4083
Bagraim, Mr M to ask the Minister of Home Affairs
With reference to his department’s 2014-15 Annual Report, what are the (a) reasons and (b) details of the significant increases in irregular expenditure from previous financial years?
Reply:
(a) The amount of irregular expenditure incurred by the Department of Home Affairs increased from R730 000 in the 2013/14 financial year to R1 809 000 in the 2014/15 financial year. The reasons for the increase in the amount disclosed as irregular expenditure are:
- Use of single quotation without approval for a deviation;
- Motivation for a deviation was considered not justifiable by the Auditor General;
- Failure to incorporate local content component in the bid for the office furniture; and
- The controls that have been introduced by the department to effectively detect and report all irregular expenditure. In this regard, it should be noted that the department itself identified 50% of the irregular expenditure disclosed in the 2014/15 financial year.
(b) Details of the irregular expenditure for 2014/2015 financial year are attached as Annexure A.