With respect to the first quarter of the 2011/12 financial year, the PoKZN reported that it received a transfer amount of R925, 000 and the actual expenditure was R173, 000 (19 percent) of the first quarter transfer. The Committee put it to the PoKZN that the actual spent was 1.9 per cent of the allocated grant funds to the province. The PoKZN agreed and further explained that this was due to projects commencing one month late, due to the delay in signing off the funding agreement between project beneficiaries and Department. And that the first quarter expenditure is for the month of May 2011 only as claims received for June 2011 from beneficiaries were only processed in July 2011. The PoKZN added that some delays in the procurement of required goods such as tools, fencing and protective clothing also affected the expenditure and targets. The PoKZN assured the Committee that it is confident that it will be able to catch up on the expenditure over the remaining three quarters.