Question NW33 to the Minister of Home Affairs
28 February 2023 - NW33
Roos, Mr AC to ask the Minister of Home Affairs
What (a) is the total number of mobile units that (i) his department had from 1 April 2022 to 30 September 2022 and (ii) were fully operational, (b) percentage was deployed in accordance with planned day-to-day schedules and (c) is the total number of (i) applications received and (ii) schools visited by the specified mobile units?
Reply:
(a)(i) In the period requested, the department had a total of 110 mobile units from 01 April 2022 to 30 September 2022. The breakdown per province is as follows:
|
Province |
Number of Mobile Units |
No of Units with Accident/ Mechanical Breakdown |
Remaining Total Number of Mobile Unit |
|
Eastern Cape |
15 |
1 |
14 |
|
Free State |
10 |
1 |
9 |
|
Gauteng |
9 |
0 |
9 |
|
Kwazulu Natal |
14 |
0 |
14 |
|
Limpopo |
13 |
0 |
13 |
|
Mpumalanga |
11 |
0 |
11 |
|
Northern Cape |
10 |
0 |
10 |
|
North West |
11 |
0 |
10 |
|
Western Cape |
13 |
1 |
13 |
|
Head Office (Special Projects) |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
TOTAL |
110 |
3 |
107 |
(a)(ii) Out of one hundred and ten (110) mobile units, one hundred and seven (107) were fully operational. The three (3) mobile units allocated to Western Cape, Eastern Cape and Free State respectively are not fully operational due to mechanical breakdown challenges as the units belong to an old fleet procured in FY 2005/06 and some of the units were previously involved in accidents.
(b) A total of 107/110 mobile units were deployed during the reporting period with planned day to day schedules. This averages a total of 95% of the total units deployed on day to day schedules to close the gaps where there is no DHA footprint and render services in remote rural areas.
During the above reporting period 464 areas/visiting points were visited by mobile units as per day to day schedules in terms of DHA Hybrid Access Model. A further 46 areas were visited during Ministerial service delivery outreach programmes in Eastern Cape, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and North West to promote early birth registration and Smart ID card products.
(c)(i) The total number of one hundred and eleven thousand nine hundred and sixteen (111 916) smart ID cards applications were collected by mobile units of which contributes to 8,44% of the national total applications collected on mobile units. A further, four thousand eight hundred and eighty-six (4 886) passport applications were collected by mobile units during the reporting period.
(c)(ii) A total number of two thousand two hundred and eight (2 208) schools were visited by mobile units during the above period in different provinces.
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