Question NW2248 to the Minister of Transport
11 November 2016 - NW2248
Hunsinger, Mr CH to ask the Minister of Transport
(1)Whether the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) paid for accommodation for any of its officers (a) in the (i) 2013-14, (ii) 2014-15 and (iii) 2015-16 financial years and (b) since 1 April 2016; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) how much did the RTMC spend on accommodation of officers in each of the specified periods, (b) why were the specified officers accommodated, (c) what accommodation was used and (d) what are the (i) names and (ii) rank of each officer whose accommodation was paid for by the RTMC in each province in each month of the specified periods; (2) whether the RTMC provides any additional entitlements to its officers when travelling; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the full relevant details?
Reply:
1. The nature of National Traffic Police (NTP) is to ensure that they are on the roads to execute law enforcement programmes in line with RTMC strategic deliverables. In the execution of their work NTP collaborates with provinces on different operations and programmes. As a result it is common cause that all NTP are expected to travel to all 9 provinces in line with deployment plan. This is done in consultation with the National Treasury guidelines and the RTMC Subsistence and Travel policy. Below please find the number of officers that were employed by RTMC for the years under question as well as the related accommodation costs.
|
2013/2014 |
2014/2015 |
2015/2016 |
|
|
Senior Management |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
Assistant superintendent |
35 |
35 |
35 |
|
Traffic Officers |
202 |
191 |
170 |
|
Senior Inspectors |
0 |
0 |
37 |
|
Total |
238 |
228 |
246 |
|
Cost |
R 2 084 854,61 |
R 8 895 417,22 |
R 7 299 625,79 |
2. No the officer are paid in line with the subsistence and travel policy of the RTMC