Question NW3936 to the Minister of Health
25 November 2022 - NW3936
Ismail, Ms H to ask the Minister of Health
(1)What (a) number of bursary programmes does his department run annually, (b) is the (i) total monetary value and (ii) breakdown of all programmes, (c) number of persons receive bursaries from his department annually and (d) total amount has his department lost because of the irregularities in the allocation of the specified bursaries; (2) whether any officials of his department have been suspended, disciplined and/or dismissed from his department because of the alleged irregularities; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details with regard to the (a) number of the officials who were suspended, disciplined and/or dismissed from his department, (b) date on which they were suspended, disciplined and/or dismissed, (c) positions of the officials against whom the steps were taken and (d) number of persons who have been found to have benefited irregularly from the bursaries and how they allegedly benefited irregularly; (3) whether any officials of his department have been suspended, disciplined or dismissed from his department because of the irregularities; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details with regard to the number and the positions of the officials?
Reply:
(1. a) The National Department of Health has one Corporate Bursary Programme which targets only employees of the National Department of Health and its satellite offices.
(b) (i) The funding allocation for audited years:
|
Audited Year |
Allocation |
Expenditure |
|
2020/21 |
R1,200,000.00 |
R408,240.88 |
|
2021/22 |
R1,500,000.00 |
R746,040.45 |
(ii)
The department has only 1 Corporate Service Bursary programme.
(c) Employees who received bursaries are as follows:
|
Audited Year |
Number of beneficiaries |
|
2020/21 |
06 |
|
2021/22 |
16 |
|
2022/23 |
The Study Assistance Committee is finalizing the adjudication process |
(d) The department did not encounter any irregularity for the audited financial years and as such did not lose any money. The programme is audited on a regular basis and no findings were flagged during the audited financial years.
(2) (a) there are no officials that were suspended, disciplined and/or dismissed because there has not been any reported irregularly in relation to the bursaries offered by the National Department of Health.
(b) based on the response in part (a) above, the question is therefore not applicable
(c) based on the response in part (a) above, the question is therefore not applicable
(d) based on the response in part (a) above, the question is therefore not applicable
(3) There are no officials that were suspended, disciplined and/or dismissed because there has not been any reported irregularly in relation to the bursaries offered by the National Department of Health
END.