Spending focus for the EC over the medium term will be on the 2014 national and provincial elections and registration drives that will be conducted during the elections. The expenditure by the EC increased from R806 million in the 2012/13 financial year to R1.49 billion in 2013/14 and over the medium term. The expenditure is expected to increase to R1.6 billion by 2015/16 due to preparations for the 2014 national and provincial elections and 2015 local elections. The largest programme with the budget allocation of 60% of the EC budget is the Corporate Services which included human resources, staff development, Information Technology, financial and facilities management. The budget allocation for this programme increased by R336 million or 55% after inflation from 2012/13 to 2013/14 financial year. The second largest programme is the Electoral Operations, which comprised 20% of the total budget of the EC, increased from R149 million in 2012/13 financial year and the largest growth was in the Outreach programme which received an additional R164 million.