NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 3175
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 15 NOVEMBER 2013
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 38)
Mrs S P Kopane (DA) to ask the Minister of Health:
(1) What was the reason for the District Health Services and
Environmental Health budget in the 2011-12 financial year to increase
from the appropriated amount of R23,5 million to the audited amount of
R45 million;
(2) what was the breakdown of the (a) R23,5 million budget and (b) R45
million spent?
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REPLY:
1) In line with the National Department of Healthâs vision of âA Long and
Health Life for All South Africansâ, the Department is working towards
universal health coverage for all South Africans. Universal health
coverage is about access for all South Africans to quality health care
services. We needed to do a health facilities audit to begin to
correct areas of poor quality. The audit was conducted during the
2011/12 financial year. The component of the costs of the audit that
was to be paid by the District Health Services and Environmental
Health for this period amounted to R22 million. Therefore the budget
for District Health Services and Environmental Health was augmented
with this amount to cover the costs of the audit.
2) (a) The R23,500,000 was for the running costs of the Cluster.
The budget was for all standard charts of accounts, namely
compensation of employees, goods and services and machinery and
equipment for the four offices under the Cluster. The breakdown
per Directorate is as follows:
|Sub-Programme |Amount |
|Chief Directorâs Office |R5,838,494 |
|District and Development |R2,691,611 |
|Primary Health Care |R3,247,042 |
|Environmental Health |R7,780,853 |
|Audit (as part of MTEF) |R4,000,000 |
|TOTAL |R23,558,000 |
(b) The amount of money that was spent outside the appropriated
budget was R21,500,000. These funds were paid to the consortium
that conducted the audit of 3Â 880 facilities for professional
services.
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