Question NW1303 to the Minister of Basic Education
06 June 2017 - NW1303
Tarabella - Marchesi, Ms NI to ask the Minister of Basic Education
(a) What amount was (i) budgeted and (ii) actually spent by each province on scholar transport in the (aa) 2012-13, (bb) 2013-14, (cc) 2014-15, (dd) 2015-16 and (ee) 2016-17 financial years and (b) what action did her department take regarding provinces that did not spend their full budget allocations in the specified financial years?
Reply:
(a)(i)(ii)
(aa)
Budget Allocation and expenditure for 2012-13 |
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PROVINCE NAME |
Budget allocation |
Actual expenditure |
Actual expenditure% |
Eastern Cape |
R 210 000 000.00 |
R 185 911 934.85 |
88.50% |
Free State |
R 42 502 000.00 |
R 42 402 153.00 |
99.77% |
Gauteng |
R 165 319 090.00 |
R 204 282 634.12 |
123.60% |
KwaZulu-Natal |
R 140 081 122.00 |
R 114 634 477.26 |
81.80% |
Limpopo |
R 134 209 000.00 |
R 103 961 302.28 |
77.50% |
Mpumalanga |
R 350 145 000.00 |
R 235 314 661.29 |
67.20% |
Northern Cape |
R 104 081 942.92 |
R 97 531 051.78 |
93.70% |
North West |
R 200 000 000.00 |
R 73 928 351.27 |
37.00% |
Western Cape |
R 216 305 000.00 |
R 225 716 238.00 |
104.40% |
(bb)
Budget Allocation and expenditure for 2013-14 |
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PROVINCE NAME |
Budget allocation |
Actual expenditure |
Actual expenditure% |
Eastern Cape |
R 336 898 000.00 |
R 157 190 000.00 |
46.66% |
Free State |
R 49 124 000.00 |
R 55 135 444.00 |
112.24% |
Gauteng |
R 312 291 357.00 |
R 311 776 363.07 |
99.84% |
KwaZulu-Natal |
R 124 000 000.00 |
R 135 000 000.00 |
108.87% |
Limpopo |
R 142 710 000.00 |
R 103 882 759.25 |
72.79% |
Mpumalanga |
R 432 368 000.00 |
R 432 364 000.00 |
100.00% |
Northern Cape |
R 107 573 000.00 |
0.00% |
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North West |
R 219 655 000.00 |
R 209 845 000.00 |
95.53% |
Western Cape |
R 237 452 500.00 |
R 247 112 303.00 |
104.07% |
- Information has been requested from the Northern Cape Department of Education and will be provided as soon as it is received.
(cc)
Budget Allocation and expenditure for 2014-15 |
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PROVINCE NAME |
Budget allocation |
Actual expenditure |
Actual expenditure% |
Eastern Cape |
R 356 076 000.00 |
R 85 499 560.00 |
24.01% |
Free State |
R 27 651 000.00 |
R 63 506 660.00 |
229.67% |
Gauteng |
R 421 325 780.00 |
R 422 403 138.95 |
100.26% |
KwaZulu-Natal |
R 168 430 000.00 |
R 158 430 000.00 |
94.06% |
Limpopo |
R 152 995 000.00 |
R 112 575 014.32 |
73.58% |
Mpumalanga |
R 455 000 000.00 |
R 405 011 000.00 |
89.01% |
Northern Cape |
R 116 097 000.00 |
R 37 217 932.80 |
32.06% |
North West |
R 240 444 000.00 |
R 201 496 688.60 |
83.80% |
Western Cape |
R 262 560 000.00 |
R 268 405 969.00 |
102.23% |
(dd)
Budget Allocation and expenditure for 2015-16 |
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PROVINCE NAME |
Budget allocation |
Actual expenditure |
Actual expenditure% |
Eastern Cape |
R 432 000 000.00 |
R 450 618 478.00 |
104.31% |
Free State |
R 40 000 000.00 |
R 51 188 023.00 |
127.97% |
Gauteng |
R 461 000 000.00 |
R 461 000 000.00 |
100.00% |
KwaZulu-Natal |
R 185 976 000.00 |
R 52 483 535.39 |
28.22% |
Limpopo |
R 141 103 000.00 |
R 50 555 000.00 |
35.83% |
Mpumalanga |
R 441 622 000.00 |
R 484 904 664.10 |
109.80% |
Northern Cape |
R 125 359 000.00 |
R 28 265 500.00 |
22.55% |
North West |
R 264 466 000.00 |
R 248 316 721.95 |
93.89% |
Western Cape |
R 270 138 000.00 |
R 307 514 666.00 |
113.84% |
(ee)
Budget Allocation and expenditure for 2016-17 |
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PROVINCE NAME |
Budget allocation |
Actual expenditure |
Actual expenditure% |
Eastern Cape |
R 435 000 000.00 |
R 460 706 460.13 |
105.90% |
Free State |
R 40 000 000.00 |
R 46 000 000.00 |
126.00% |
Gauteng |
R 535 896 000.00 |
R 681 216 162.56 |
127.10% |
KwaZulu-Natal |
R 186 000 000.00 |
R 254 033 130.50 |
136.58% |
Limpopo |
R 226 691 000.00 |
R 218 555 692.86 |
96.40% |
Mpumalanga |
R 455 329 000.00 |
R 448 334 259.75 |
98.50% |
Northern Cape |
R 121 524 000.00 |
R 86 528 696.44 |
71.20% |
North West |
R 272 640 000.00 |
R 272 139 395.26 |
99.80% |
Western Cape |
R 359 755 000.00 |
R 329 298 018.00 |
91.50% |
(b) Provinces were requested to put measures in place that will enable them to spend the budget allocation. These included improving the submission of claims by service providers and ensuring that a 30 day turnaround time for payments is met. These measures have led to significant improvement in expenditure in the majority of provinces.