Question NW283 to the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure

1. Based on information captured by Public Bodies on the Expanded Public Works Programme Reporting System (EPWP-RS), the total amount spent on the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) in each of the past five financial years is reflected in the table below:

Table 1: Breakdown of amount spent on the EPWP in the past five financial years

Financial Year	Reported Project Expenditure	Total Wages Transferred to Participants
2019/20	R21 947 613 400	R12 243 313 965
2020/21	R18 646 876 666	R9 379 215 039
2021/22	R21 713 650 159	R12 186 622 905
2022/23	R25 263 740 859	R13 236 901 721
2023/24	R17 958 180 018	R8 589 297 424
Total	R105 530 061 102	R55 635 351 054

1. The number of people who have benefitted from the EPWP as reported in the EPWP-RS in the past five financial years are reflected in the table below:

Table 2: Number of people who have benefitted from the EPWP as reported in the EPWP-RS in the past five financial years

Financial Year	Number of Work Opportunities created	Unique Individual ID Numbers who have benefitted
2019/20	994 699	927 627
2020/21	938 688	865 022
2021/22	1 016 646	950 297
2022/23	990 686	916 244
2023/24	773 192	719 916
Total	4 713 911

1. From the budget allocated to the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) for the EPWP, a total of R4, 650 billion has been paid to the Independent Development Trust (IDT) as an implementing partner for the implementation of the Non-State Sector Non-Profit Organisation (NSS: NPO) Programme in the past five financial years. These amount includes R4.370 billion for the programme's implementation and R280.135 million as a management fee. Below is a table with the budget breakdown.

Table 3: Amount paid to the IDT as an implementing partner for the implementation of the NSS NPO Programme

Financial Year	Wage Subsidy	Management Fee	Total (R,000)
	Amount (R'000)	Amount (R'000)
2019/20	750,424	44486	794,910
2020/21	578,484	31932	610,416
2021/22	956,134	44604	1,000,738
2022/23	1,032,693	87548	1,120,241
2023/24	1,052,431	71565	1,123,996
Total	4,370,166	280,135	4,650,301

Additionally, through the grants allocated to the DPWI for transferring to public bodies implementing the EPWP, a total of R7.724 billion conditional grant has been transferred to provinces and municipalities over the past five years. Below is a table with the budget breakdown.

Table 4: Amounts transferred to provinces and municipalities for the EPWP conditional grant over the past five years

Financial Year	Integrated Grant for municipalities	Integrated Grant for Provinces	Social Sector EPWP Incentive Grant	Total (R,000)
	Amount (R'000)	Amount (R'000)	Amount (R'000)
2019/20	730,046	437,388	430,793	1,598,227
2020/21	748,039	419,262	413,237	1,580,538
2021/22	758,693	421,016	414,444	1,594,153
2022/23	778,395	433,098	424,848	1,636,341
2023/24	522,319	396,171	395,913	1,314,403
Total	3,537,492	2,106,935	2,079,235	7,723,662

For Programme management support provided to the DPWI by the IDT on the EPWP, a total amount of R81, 700 million has been transferred to the IDT over the past 5 years.

Table 5: Amount paid to the IDT over the past five years for Programme Management Support

Financial Year	Amount (R'000)
2019/20	11,000
2020/21	16,443
2021/22	16,483
2022/23	19,174
2023/24	18,600
Total	81,700