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Provincial Treasury Western Cape

Provincial Treasury Western Cape. NCOP Select Committee on Finance Public Hearings Conditional Grant and CAPEX 9 May 2007. Outline. Conditional grant, infrastructure and capital expenditure 2005/06; 2006/07 expenditure as at 31 March 2007; 2007/08 Business Plan process; and

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Provincial Treasury Western Cape

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  1. Provincial Treasury Western Cape NCOP Select Committee on Finance Public Hearings Conditional Grant and CAPEX 9 May 2007

  2. Outline • Conditional grant, infrastructure and capital expenditure 2005/06; • 2006/07 expenditure as at 31 March 2007; • 2007/08 Business Plan process; and • Monitoring provincial expenditure.

  3. Conditional Grant, Infrastructure and Capital Expenditure 2005/06

  4. CG Expenditure 2005/06 Conditional Grant Expenditure – 2005/06

  5. CG Expenditure 2005/06 (2)

  6. Capital and Infrastructure Expenditure 2005/06 2005/06 - Infrastructure and capital expenditure Infrastructure and capital expenditure was at an acceptable level at the end of the 2005/06 financial year

  7. 2006/07 Expenditure as at 31 March 2007

  8. CG Expenditure – Local Government and Housing Local Government and Housing – Conditional Grant Expenditure as at 31 March 2007 • The Department has spent 128% of original budget of R598,8 million. • R372 million was received in the adjusted budget specifically for the N2 Gateway Project. Underspending on the project is a result of: • The decision to release funds only once actual delivery on site; • Delays in the finalisation of land availability agreements; and • Amendments being made to the policy.

  9. CG Expenditure - Agriculture Agriculture – Conditional Grant Expenditure as at 31 March 2007

  10. CG Expenditure – Agriculture (2) • Challenges to Overcome • Land Care Programme • A number a projects are in the finalisation phase • The Department is awaiting invoices so that payment can be affected • Additional money received in the adjustments estimate will be spent in 2007/08 • Agriculture Disaster Management Grant • Implementation plans are in the process of being finalised with the National Department of Agriculture. Spending will commence in 2007/08.

  11. CG Expenditure - Education Education – Conditional Grant Expenditure as at 31 March 2007

  12. CG Expenditure – Education (2) • Challenges to Overcome • National School Nutrition Programme • Delay in payment – payment went through on 4 April 2007. • Provincial Infrastructure Grant • Forced closure took place on 10 April 2007. • Journals to correct erroneous allocations took place till 2 May 2007. • Final spending R126,705 million, or 99,9 per cent of adjusted budget.

  13. CG Expenditure - Health Health – Conditional Grant Expenditure as at 31 March 2007

  14. CG Expenditure – Health (2) • Forensic Pathology Services • Constraints in the appointing of staff for the Forensic Pathology Services Unit • R26,8 million has been budgeted for the construction of six new Forensic Pathology Laboratories. There are currently four contractors on site and one project is out to tender.

  15. CG Expenditure – Transport and Public Works Transport and Public Works – Conditional Grant Expenditure as at 31 March 2007 • Challenges to overcome • Two projects are in the design and feasibility phase • The remaining projects are at least 50% complete with one • project being in the retention phase.

  16. CG Expenditure – Cultural Affairs and Sport Cultural Affairs and Sport – Conditional Grant Expenditure as at 31 March 2007 • Challenges to overcome • Mass Sport and Recreation Participation Programme • The roll out of the School Mass Participation Programme was slow as the Department had to establish training of sports assistants prior to their placement in their respective schools. • The Department did not have a dedicated unit to roll out clusters which resulted in delays. • A training and recruitment team has been put in place to fast track the establishment of clusters and the placement of sport assistants in their respective teams.

  17. Infrastructure and Capital Expenditure Infrastructure and capital expenditure as at 31 March 2007 *Infrastructure expenditure includes maintenance which is recorded as current expenditure in SCOA

  18. Infrastructure and Capital Expenditure • Challenges to Overcome • Bottlenecks in the procurement process, IDIP aims identify these bottlenecks and identify means to overcome them; • Inefficiencies in the link between planning; budgeting and implementation; and • Skills shortage. • Measures instituted • Promotion of earlier planning cycle (IDIP).

  19. Conditional Grant Business Plans • All business plans for the 2007/08 financial year have been approved

  20. Monitoring Provincial Expenditure

  21. Monitoring Provincial Expenditure • Continuous engagements with departments in a cooperative manner to jointly seek solutions and prevent fiscal dumping; • Quarterly reports to Top Management, Exco and Legislature; • Frequent interaction with departments on spending performance and general issues as highlighted by monthly IYM’s; • Quarterly narrative reports to AO’s and CFO’s; • Quarterly meetings between MEC’s for finance, education, health and public works to discuss infrastructure spending and other difficulties; • Specific provincial initiatives to ameliorate the March spike; and • CFO intergovernmental forums.

  22. Discussion

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