NCOP
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 466
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 31 August 2012
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 24)
Mr M J R de Villiers (DA-WC) to ask the Minister of Health:
(1) (a) How many nurses are currently being training in each province,
(b) what total amount has been spent for training the nurses at each
specified training centre (i) in the 2011-12 financial year and (ii)
from 1 April 2012 up to the latest specified date for which
information is available and (c) what are the further relevant
details;
(2) whether any amounts are outstanding to these training centres for the
said financial year; if not, what is the position in this regard; if
so, (a) what are the relevant details in each case, (b) what plans are
in place to address the outstanding monies and (c) what steps have
been taken in this regard?
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REPLY:
(a) The number of nurses being trained per province and per
qualifications are reflected in Annexure 1.
(b) (i) Total amounts spent in the 2011/12 Financial Year and the
Budget for 2012/13 is available per province as follows:
| |Amounts |
|Province|Adjusted Budget |Expenditure Outcomes |Budget 2012/13 |
| |2011/12 |2011/12 | |
|EC |306,680 |296,131 |311,427 |
|FS |74,092 |70,092 |66,843 |
|GP |666,168 |648,838 |733,225 |
|KZN |406,550 |401,068 |415,128 |
|LIMP |149,482 |166,104 |163,089 |
|MPU |113,099 |120,140 |117,027 |
|NW |178,853 |159,897 |176,534 |
|NC |28,752 |14,1667 |34,529 |
|WC |51,501 |51,968 |53,304 |
|TOTAL |1,975,847 |1,928,907 |2,076,106 |
Source: National Treasury, September 2012
Note: Budget and Expenditure per training centre for each
province for 2011/12 would have to be obtained by a
survey of all nursing colleges â this will require a
time extension
(ii) Expenditure information per training centre from April 2012 is
not available from National Treasury.
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