The ICT Enterprise Development programme was the Department's largest programme and constituted 65.6 per cent of the total budget allocation for the 2012/13 financial year. Expenditure on consultants increased from R53.1 million in the 2008/09 financial year to R213.3 million in the 2012/13 financial year, at an average annual rate of 58.9 per cent. It was reported that this was due to the fact that consultants had been used for infrastructure planning and for the establishment and operation of the 112 Call Centre project. Expenditure on consultants was however expected to decrease over the medium-term to R117.3 million as the 112 Call Centre project becomes fully capacitated and operational.