(1) What amount has (a) his department and (b) each of the entities reporting to him spent on advertising (i) in The New Age newspaper and (ii) on its website between 1 December 2012 and 31 August 2013; (2) were these advertisements placed through the Government Information and Communication System?

(1) How many international (a) arbitrations, (b) mediations, (c) court cases and (d) tribunal hearings has the Government been party to since 1 January 2013; (2) what is the (a) citation, (b) reason and (c) cost of each such international (i) arbitration, (ii) mediation, (iii) court case and (iv) tribunal hearing?

(1) How much has (a) his department and (b) each of the entities reporting to him spent on advertisements placed on the Africa News Network 7 (ANN7) news channel; (2) were these advertisements placed through the Government Information and Communications System?

Whether a final decision has been taken as to whether charges will be reinstated against certain persons (names and details furnished); if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what decision has been made?

(1) What was a certain accused person, S Malgas (details furnished) charged with; (2) whether the case is finalised; if not, why not; if so, what (a) was the verdict and (b) were the reasons therefore; (3) whether DNA evidence was taken from the victim; if not, why not; if so, (4) whether the DNA evidence was submitted by the prosecution as part of the evidence; if not, why not?

(1) Has his department received a request from the SA National Roads Agency (SANRAL) to establish special e-toll courts; (2) is he considering establishing these courts; if not, why not; if so, (a) on what grounds, (b) what process will he follow in considering this, (c) where will the budget come from and (d) will new (i) prosecutors and (ii) magistrates be appointed for these courts?

(1) Whether (a) Boschkop Police Station docket Boschkop CAS 165/06/12 was submitted to the Control Prosecutor at the Cullinan Magistrate Court and (b) the case was referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions: North Gauteng and dealt with under the reference 9/2/12-P251/2009; if so, (2) whether a decision to prosecute was taken; if not, under which statutory provision did the Director of Public Prosecutions: North Gauteng decline to take a decision?

(1) Whether the (a) SA Police Service, (b) Department of Health and (c) National Prosecuting Authority have submitted annual training reports to the Directors-General Intersectoral Committee on the training conducted in respect of the implementation of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, Act 32 of 2007; if not, why not; if so, in which years; (2) whether he intends to table the reports of the Directors-General Intersectoral Committee in Parliament; if not, why not?

(1) Whether the Intersectoral Committee for the Management of Sexual Offence Matters has met since 2008; if so, (a) how many times and (b) on what dates; (2) whether the National Operational Intersectoral Committee has submitted bi-annual reports to the Directors-General Intersectoral Committee; if so, on what dates were these reports submitted?

(a) How many cases of drug-related crimes (i) have been withdrawn, (ii) are pending or (iii) have received judgment in the (aa) 2010-11, (bb) 2011-12 and (cc) 2012-13 financial years and (b) what was the verdict in each case?