3.1 An apology was given for the absence of both the Minister and his Deputy. The Acting Director-General presented the Department's 2010/11 Budget Vote. The presentation focused on previous year's achievements and challenges, Medium-Term Strategic Plan, Annual Performance Plan as well as the Medium Term Budget for the 2010/11 financial year. The table below gives a breakdown on the budget's economic classification with respect to the departmental programmes: |Programmes |2010/11 |2011/12 |2012/13 | |1. Administration |138, 787 |140, 559 |147, 358 | |2. Human Resource Management and |48, 903 |39, 175 |41, 503 | |Development in Government | | | | |3. Labour Relations and Compensation|57, 220 |57, 166 |58, 076 | |Management in Government | | | | |4. Information and Technology |45, 357 |45, 202 |47, 320 | |Management in Government | | | | |5. Service Delivery Improvement |186, 663 |188, 314 |195, 118 | |throughout Government | | | | |6. Governance and Public Service and|174, 554 |186, 729 |194, 732 | |Administration | | | | |TOTAL |651, 484 |657, 145 |684, 107 |