Question NW2083 to the Minister of Tourism
06 July 2022 - NW2083
De Freitas, Mr MS to ask the Minister of Tourism
What (a) total amount in Rand has been spent every month on (i) catering (ii) entertainment (iii) accommodation (iv) domestic flights and (v) international flights for (aa) her (bb) the Deputy Minister and (cc) officials of her department in the (aaa) past three financial years and (bbb) since 1 April 2022 and (b) were the reasons for such expenditure in each case?
Reply:
a) (i) (aa) and (bb) Catering: Ministry
Month |
(aaa) 2019-2020 financial year |
(aaa) 2020-2021 financial year |
(aaa) 2021-2022 financial year |
(bbb) Since 1 April 2022 to date |
(i) Catering |
(i) Catering |
(i) Catering |
(i) Catering |
|
April |
10 403.08 |
- |
To be audited |
To be audited |
May |
- |
7 355.00 |
||
June |
49 061.46 |
- |
||
July |
- |
- |
||
August |
1 640.00 |
- |
||
September |
- |
- |
||
October |
- |
9 652.55 |
||
November |
- |
- |
||
December |
- |
1 000.00 |
||
January |
- |
- |
||
February |
7 152.15 |
21 992.50 |
||
March |
3 485.00 |
42 974.86 |
||
Total |
71 741.69 |
82 974.91 |
(a) (i)(cc) Catering: Officials in the department
Month |
(aaa) 2019-2020 financial year |
(aaa) 2020-2021 financial year |
(aaa) 2021-2022 financial year |
(bbb) Since 1 April 2022 to date |
(i) Catering |
(i) Catering |
(i) Catering |
(i) Catering |
|
April |
166 628.05 |
60 716.50 |
Still to be audited |
Still to be audited |
May |
329 146.80 |
90 093.05 |
||
June |
38 645.23 |
3 156.20 |
||
July |
531 471.80 |
10 000.00 |
||
August |
207 516.40 |
1 744.50 |
||
September |
305 755.20 |
461 903.00 |
||
October |
113 323.50 |
608 559.60 |
||
November |
440 785.25 |
554 512.04 |
||
December |
571 318.90 |
292 207.70 |
||
January |
217 514.70 |
19 950.00 |
||
February |
113 473.40 |
70 977.60 |
||
March |
1 242 868.70 |
705 752.28 |
||
Total |
4 278 447.93 |
2 879 572.47 |
a) (ii) (aa) and (bb) Entertainment: Ministry
Month |
(aaa) 2019-2020 financial year |
(aaa) 2020-2021 financial year |
(aaa) 2021-2022 financial year |
(bbb) Since 1 April 2022 to date |
(ii) Entertainment |
(ii) Entertainment |
(ii) Entertainment |
(ii) Entertainment |
|
April |
1 500.00 |
- |
Still to be audited |
Still to be audited |
May |
- |
- |
||
June |
- |
- |
||
July |
480.67 |
- |
||
August |
- |
- |
||
September |
- |
- |
||
October |
- |
2 915.50 |
||
November |
- |
5 425.50 |
||
December |
- |
- |
||
January |
- |
- |
||
February |
- |
- |
||
March |
- |
- |
||
Total |
2 030.67 |
18 298.50 |
(a) (ii)(cc) Entertainment: Officials in the department
Month |
(aaa) 2019-2020 financial year |
(aaa) 2020-2021 financial year |
(aaa) 2021-2022 financial year |
(bbb) Since 1 April 2022 to date |
(ii) Entertainment: |
(ii) Entertainment: |
(ii) Entertainment: |
(ii) Entertainment: |
|
April |
15 975.11 |
- |
Still to be audited |
Still to be audited |
May |
724.00 |
- |
||
June |
- |
- |
||
July |
- |
- |
||
August |
- |
4 475.00 |
||
September |
9 500.00 |
113 490.00 |
||
October |
- |
- |
||
November |
- |
69 413.00 |
||
December |
- |
- |
||
January |
9 000.00 |
- |
||
February |
61 000.00 |
- |
||
March |
135 250.00 |
79 920.00 |
||
Total |
232 349.11 |
267 298.00 |
a) (iii) (aa) and (bb) Accommodation: Ministry
Month |
(aaa) 2019-2020 financial year |
(aaa) 2020-2021 financial year |
(aaa) 2021-2022 financial year |
(bbb) Since 1 April 2022 to date |
(iii) Accommodation |
(iii) Accommodation |
(iii) Accommodation |
(iii) Accommodation |
|
April |
30 496.28 |
- |
Still to be audited |
Still to be audited |
May |
4 046.58 |
19 624.84 |
||
June |
21 726.49 |
3 007.50 |
||
July |
108 329.56 |
- |
||
August |
61 477.86 |
7592.50 |
||
September |
99 843.71 |
1 592.50 |
||
October |
109 581.67 |
- |
||
November |
8 295.18 |
27 723.70 |
||
December |
21 949.88 |
12 207.50 |
||
January |
89 948.01 |
- |
||
February |
76 976.65 |
- |
||
March |
179 212.91 |
13 234.50 |
||
Total |
811 884.78 |
84 983.04 |
(a) (iii) (cc) Accommodation: Officials in the department
Month |
(aaa) 2019-2020 financial year |
(aaa) 2020-2021 financial year |
(aaa) 2021-2022 financial year |
(bbb) Since 1 April 2022 to date |
(iii) Accommodation: |
(iii) Accommodation |
(iii) Accommodation |
(iii) Accommodation |
|
April |
1 290 765.20 |
10 077.77 |
Still to be audited |
Still to be audited |
May |
643 079.51 |
374 319.26 |
||
June |
573 968.41 |
32 960.77 |
||
July |
709 894.08 |
3 747.50 |
||
August |
1 165 472.22 |
23 987.45 |
||
September |
1 303 342.65 |
83 027.31 |
||
October |
1 129 517.76 |
385 179.59 |
||
November |
833 461.78 |
362 128.25 |
||
December |
705 196.07 |
483 663.91 |
||
January |
573 528.18 |
61 405.40 |
||
February |
793 454.91 |
195 888.39 |
||
March |
1 019 777.87 |
458 150.59 |
||
Total |
10 741 458.64 |
2 474 536.19 |
a) (iv) (aa) and (bb) Domestic flights: Ministry
Month |
(aaa) 2019-2020 financial year |
(aaa) 2020-2021 financial year |
(aaa) 2021-2022 financial year |
(bbb) Since 1 April 2022 to date |
(iv) Domestic flights |
(iv) Domestic flights |
(iv) Domestic flights |
(iv) Domestic flights |
|
April |
126 761.27 |
- |
Still to be audited |
Still to be audited |
May |
70 736.28 |
80 286.92 |
||
June |
63 177.10 |
74 939.45 |
||
July |
163 780.20 |
12 212.92 |
||
August |
109 375.16 |
- |
||
September |
88 203.84 |
- |
||
October |
117 854.14 |
- |
||
November |
121 741.23 |
28 116.34 |
||
December |
137 332.22 |
5 163.21 |
||
January |
111 676.23 |
- |
||
February |
50 346.40 |
45 795.97 |
||
March |
63 599.40 |
27 658.09 |
||
Total |
1 224 583.47 |
274 172.90 |
a) (iv)(cc) Domestic Flights: Officials
Month |
(aaa) 2019-2020 financial year |
(aaa) 2020-2021 financial year |
(aaa) 2021-2022 financial year |
(bbb) Since 1 April 2022 to date |
(iv)Domestic Flights |
(iv)Domestic Flights |
(iv)Domestic Flights |
(iv)Domestic Flights |
|
April |
117 6905.81 |
- |
Still to be audited |
Still to be audited |
May |
926 238.49 |
517 864.81 |
||
June |
822 139.92 |
167 187.14 |
||
July |
1 192 714.26 |
12 212.92 |
||
August |
1 569 268.82 |
2 426.46 |
||
September |
1 713 913.55 |
122 570.92 |
||
October |
1 903 064.12 |
420 226.45 |
||
November |
1 592 496.77 |
697 071.61 |
||
December |
1 336 801.79 |
174 357.96 |
||
January |
663 784.35 |
- |
||
February |
1 187 906.52 |
471 265.49 |
||
March |
1 488 086.33 |
424 268.28 |
||
Total |
15 573 320.73 |
3 009 452.04 |
(a) (v) (aa) (bb) International flights: Ministry
Month |
(aaa) 2019-2020 financial year |
(aaa) 2020-2021 financial year |
(aaa) 2021-2022 financial year |
(bbb) Since 1 April 2022 to date |
(v) International flights |
(v) International flights |
(v) International flights |
(v) International flights |
|
April |
192.67 |
- |
To be audited |
To be audited |
May |
- |
- |
||
June |
- |
- |
||
July |
- |
- |
||
August |
68 279.93 |
- |
||
September |
150 035.79 |
- |
||
October |
- |
- |
||
November |
132 723.86 |
- |
||
December |
61 484.93 |
- |
||
January |
218 689.65 |
- |
||
February |
70 610.43 |
- |
||
March |
197 574.79 |
- |
||
Total |
899592.05 |
- |
a) (v) (cc) International Flights: Officials
Month |
(aaa) 2019-2020 financial year |
(aaa) 2020-2021 financial year |
(aaa) 2021-2022 financial year |
(bbb) Since 1 April 2022 to date |
(v) International Flights |
(v) International Flights |
(v)International Flights |
(v) International Flights |
|
April |
268 276.89 |
- |
To be audited |
To be audited |
May |
83 337.29 |
77 577.43 |
||
June |
89 462.72 |
142 800.00 |
||
July |
20 871.93 |
- |
||
August |
143 796.65 |
- |
||
September |
212 570.44 |
- |
||
October |
264 061.65 |
- |
||
November |
553 958.30 |
- |
||
December |
304 018.91 |
- |
||
January |
266 708.91 |
- |
||
February |
56 815.36 |
- |
||
March |
518 604.02 |
- |
||
Total |
2 782 483.07 |
220 377.43 |
b) All above expenses are related to the execution of official duties of the Minister, Deputy Minister and Officials of the Department.