Question to the Minister of Basic Education - NW322 | PMG

11 September 2024 - NW322

Jordaan, Ms C to ask the Minister of Basic Education

What (a) amount did her department return to the National Treasury in the (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24 financial years and (b) programmes were the returned funds intended for?

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	(a) 2022-23
	Budget	Expenditure	(a)Returned Amount	(b) Intended for?
PROGRAMMES	R'000	R'000	R'000
ADMINISTRATION	569 582	564 259	5 323	Ministerial visits. Due to cost containment ministerial visits were reduced.
CURRICULUM POLICY, SUPPORT AND MONITORING	3 267 520	3 172 133	95 387	Delivery of Workbooks. Invoices were received late from service provider. National Treasury approved Roll-over worth R99,245 million in 2023/24 financial year. As per Treasury regulation 6.4.1 limitation are set on Economic Classification, not on the Programme hence amount requested as Roll-over on Goods and Services is more than the remaining amount on the programme.
TEACHERS, EDUCATION HUMAN RESOURCES AND INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT	1 497 761	1 496 587	1 175	Monitoring and evaluation in Provinces. Due to cost containment provincial visits were reduced.
PLANNING, INFORMATION AND ASSESSMENT	15 529 447	15 366 653	162 794	Accelerated School Infrastructure Delivery Initiative. Invoices were received late from contractors and professional service providers. National Treasury approved Roll-over worth R135,735 million in 2023/24 financial year.
EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT SERVICES	8 828 850	8 827 028	1 822	Monitoring and evaluation in Provinces. Due to cost containment provincial visits were reduced.
Total	29 692 500	29 426 659	265 841

	(b) 2023/24
	Budget	Expenditure	(a)Returned Amount	(b) Intended for?
PROGRAMMES	R'000	R'000	R'000
ADMINISTRATION	577 874	576 283	1 591	Ministerial visits. Due to cost containment ministerial visits were reduced.
CURRICULUM POLCY, SUPPORT AND MONITORING	3 344 465	3 320 739	23 726	Delivery of Workbooks. Invoices were received late from service provider. Roll-over worth R20 million has been requested.
TEACHERS, EDUCATION HUMAN RESOURCES AND INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT	1 507 090	1 500 400	6 690	Monitoring and evaluation in Provinces. Due to cost containment provincial visits were reduced.
PLANNING, INFORMATION AND ASSESSMENT	15 023 186	14 990 222	32 964	Accelerated School Infrastructure Delivery Initiative. Invoices were received late from contractors and professional service providers. Roll-over worth R41,554 million has been requested.
EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT SERVICES	9 575 980	9 573 598	2 382	Monitoring and evaluation in Provinces. Due to cost containment provincial visits were reduced.
Total	30 028 595	29 961 242	67 353

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RNW322-240911.docx