4.3 The Department of Public Works The budget allocation for the 2011/12 financial year shows a 3.3 per cent increase from the previous financial year allocation and it is inadequate as demonstrated by the increased spending as at the end of February 2011.The submission of the Department of Public Works (the DoPW) focused on three grants, namely: the Devolution of Property Rates Grant, the Expanded Public Works Programme Incentive Grant to Provinces and the Expanded Public Works Programme Incentives Grant to Municipalities. The DoPW presented as follows: