NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO 38
DATE REPLY SUBMITTED: 30 MARCH 2010
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: THURSDAY, 25 FEBRUARY 2010
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NO 2 â 2010)
Mr A J Nyambi (ANC) asked the Minister of Transport:
(1) What is the scope of the powers of the Department of Transport
regarding the implementation of the Scholar Transport policy vis-Ã -vis
those of the Department of Basic Education;
(2) whether there has been a working relationship with the Department of
Basic Education with regard to the implementation of the Scholar
Transport policy; if not; why not; if so, what is the extent of the
relationship? CW39E
REPLY:
The Minister of Transport:
1) The scholar transport subsidy is currently provided through the
Department of Educationâs budget. The contracting of scholar
transport is typically handled by Provincial Departments of Education,
although in some cases it is the Provincial Departments of Transport,
working with its Provincial Education Departments that contracts and
regulates these services.
2) The Department of Transport is in the process of consulting on the
future of scholar transport with the Department of Basic Education.
This is part of a process of developing a unified national scholar
transport policy that integrates our approach to scholar transport
more effectively with our overall approach to transforming public
transport. We plan to have the policy approved before December 2010.
