Question NW3085 to the Minister of Public Works
09 November 2017 - NW3085
Topham , Mr B to ask the Minister of Public Works
(a) What is the (i) total amount and (ii) detailed breakdown of the amount spent on the Expanded Public Works Programme (aa) in the 2016-17 financial year and (bb) since 1 April 2017, (b) what is the total number of work opportunities that were created in each case and (c) what was the average cost of creating each work opportunity in each case?
Reply:
(a) The total expenditure on wages for EPWP participants:
(i) &(ii) A total of R8,2 billion has been spent in wages for the EPWP participants from April 2016 to June 2017 across all sectors of the programme.
(aa) For the 2016-17 financial year, a total of R7 billion has been spent on wages for the EPWP participants across all sectors of the programme.
(bb) Between April and June 2017, a total of R1 billion has been spent on wages for the participants,
(b) A total of 779 245 work opportunities have been created in 2016/17 financial year whilst 352 330 work opportunities have been created between April and June 2017.
(c) The average cost of creating work opportunities is R22 000 for 2016/17 and the average cost of work opportunities for the first quarter of 2017/18 was R6 471 across all sectors.