Question NW2063 to the Minister of Transport
12 July 2018 - NW2063
Groenewald, Mr HB to ask the Minister of Transport
(1)Whether all members of the senior management service (SMS) in his department had declared their interests for the past year as required by the Public Service Regulations; if not, (a) why not, (b) how many of the specified members did not declare their interests and (c) what are the (i) names and (ii) ranks of the specified noncompliant members of the SMS; (2) whether noncompliant SMS members have been charged; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) what number (a) of employees in his department at each post level are currently suspended on full salary and (b) of the specified employees at each post level have been suspended for the specified number of days (details furnished); (4) what is the total amount of cost attached to the days of service lost as a result of the suspensions in each specified case?
Reply:
1. All 104 members of the senior management service (SMS) in the Department of Transport, had declared their financial interests in respect of the 2017/2018 financial year, as required by the Public Service Regulations, 2016.
(a) All sms members complied with the Public Service Regulations
(b) All sms members declared their interests.
(c) There were no sms members that did not comply with the PSR
2. There were no non-compliant sms members in the Department
3. (a)(b) There were no employees on suspension at the sms level during this period
4. There were no suspension and as result no days lost that could have a financial implication