MINISTRY FOR HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO.: 1844
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 21 MAY 2015
Mr S M Gana (DA) to ask the Minister of Human Settlements:
(1) What amount did each province budget for emergency housing assistance
in the (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15 financial years;
(2) (a) what amount was actually spent and (b) how many houses were
built in each specified financial year;
(3) whether each province spent its allocated budget on emergency housing
in each specified financial year; if not, what happened to the funds
not spent? NW2065E
REPLY:
(1) Budget for Emergency Housing Assistance per Province
a) 2012-13
|Province |Budget |
|Â |R'000 |
|Eastern Cape | |
| |121 572 |
|Free State | |
| |15 289 |
|Gauteng | |
| |- |
|KwaZulu-Natal | |
| |194 560 |
|Limpopo | |
| |35 166 |
|Mpumalanga | |
| |3 600 |
|Northern Cape | |
| |16 949 |
|North West | |
| |35 612 |
|Western Cape | |
| |- |
|Total |748 |
b) 2013-14
|Province |Budget |
|Â |R'000 |
|Eastern Cape | |
| |132 810 |
|Free State | |
| |48 482 |
|Gauteng | |
| |- |
|KwaZulu-Natal | |
| |110 202 |
|Limpopo | |
| |37 034 |
|Mpumalanga | |
| |53 543 |
|Northern Cape | |
| |9 648 |
|North West | |
| |46 253 |
|Western Cape | |
| |- |
|Total |962 |
c) 2014-15
|Province |Budget |
|Â |R'000 |
|Eastern Cape | |
| |76 422 |
|Free State | |
| |7 346 |
|Gauteng | |
| |869 000 |
|KwaZulu-Natal | |
| |202 056 |
|Limpopo | |
| |35 503 |
|Mpumalanga | |
| |32 340 |
|Northern Cape | |
| |79 |
|North West | |
| |50 721 |
|Western Cape | |
| |- |
|Total |273 467 |
(2) (a) Expenditure per Province
i) 2012-13
|Province |Spent |
|Â |R'000 |
|Eastern Cape | 66 |
| |666 |
|Free State | |
| |653 |
|Gauteng | |
| |- |
|KwaZulu-Natal | 132 |
| |552 |
|Limpopo | 15 |
| |211 |
|Mpumalanga | 42 |
| |473 |
|Northern Cape | 4 |
| |159 |
|North West | 8 |
| |074 |
|Western Cape | 41 |
| |594 |
|Total |382 |
ii) 2013-14
|Province |Spent |
|Â |R'000 |
|Eastern Cape | 145 |
| |233 |
|Free State | 28 |
| |584 |
|Gauteng | |
| |- |
|KwaZulu-Natal | 230 |
| |762 |
|Limpopo | 3 |
| |321 |
|Mpumalanga | 39 |
| |367 |
|Northern Cape | 5 |
| |113 |
|North West | 79 |
| |026 |
|Western Cape | 50 |
| |551 |
|Total |957 |
iii) 2014-15
|Province |Spent |
|Â |R'000 |
|Eastern Cape | 83 |
| |580 |
|Free State | 8 |
| |955 |
|Gauteng | 560 |
| |309 |
|KwaZulu-Natal | 138 |
| |722 |
|Limpopo | |
| |699 |
|Mpumalanga | 36 |
| |407 |
|Northern Cape | |
| |686 |
|North West | 39 |
| |656 |
|Western Cape | 73 |
| |241 |
|Total | 942 |
| |255 |
(b) Number of houses built
i) 2012-13
|Province |Units |
|Â | |
|Eastern Cape | |
| |62 |
|Free State | |
| |17 |
|Gauteng | |
| |- |
|KwaZulu-Natal | 2 |
| |174 |
|Limpopo | |
| |232 |
|Mpumalanga | |
| |555 |
|Northern Cape | |
| |19 |
|North West | |
| |398 |
|Western Cape | |
| |471 |
|Total |928 |
ii) 2013-14
|Province |Units |
|Â | |
|Eastern Cape | 1 |
| |260 |
|Free State | |
| |570 |
|Gauteng | |
| |- |
|KwaZulu-Natal | 1 |
| |693 |
|Limpopo | |
| |62 |
|Mpumalanga | |
| |361 |
|Northern Cape | |
| |1 |
|North West | |
| |954 |
|Western Cape | |
| |760 |
|Total |661 |
iii) 2014-15
|Province |Units |
|Â | |
|Eastern Cape | |
| |963 |
|Free State | |
| |76 |
|Gauteng | 17 |
| |028 |
|KwaZulu-Natal | |
| |632 |
|Limpopo | |
| |11 |
|Mpumalanga | |
| |415 |
|Northern Cape | |
| |50 |
|North West | |
| |452 |
|Western Cape | |
| |708 |
|Total | 20 |
| |335 |
(3) Money saved on Emergency funding was used to relieve outstanding
pressures from other instruments during the specified financial years
as indicated in the tables below:
|2012/13 | | | | |
|Province |Budget |Spent |Variance |Programmes where money was|
| | | | |moved and how much each |
| | | | |programme benefited from |
| | | | |shifting of funds |
| |R'000 | R'000 | R'000 | |
|Eastern |121 572 |66 666 |54 906 |Funds were surrendered |
|Cape | | | |back to National through |
| | | | |Provincial Treasury. |
|Free State |15 289 |653 |14 636 |Savings was shifted to |
| | | | |Operational capital budget|
| | | | |,FLISP and CRU |
|Gauteng |- |- |- |Â |
|KwaZulu-Nat|194 560 |132 552 |62 008 |Â |
|al | | | | |
|Limpopo |35 166 |15 211 |19 955 |All unspent conditional, |
| | | | |grants including emergency|
| | | | |housing, were surrendered |
| | | | |to Treasury. |
|Mpumalanga |3 600 |42 473 |-38 873 |Â |
|Northern |16 949 |4 159 |12 790 |IRDP R12m / ISUP R790 |
|Cape | | | | |
|North West |35 612 |8 074 |27 538 |Â |
|Western |20 782 |41 594 |-20 812 |The Province accelerated |
|Cape | | | |the Access to basic |
| | | | |services, spending R22,3m |
| | | | |on this item; Funds from |
| | | | |UISP |
|Total |443 530 |311 382 |132 148 |Â |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
|2013/14 | | | |Â |
|Province |Budget |Spent |Variance |Programmes where money was|
| | | | |moved and how much each |
| | | | |programme benefited from |
| | | | |shifting of funds |
| |R'000 | R'000 | R'000 | |
|Eastern |132 810 |145 233 |-12 423 |Funds were sourced from |
|Cape | | | |non moving programmes, |
| | | | |* OPSCAP value of R6 945 |
| | | | |* IRDP Top Structures |
| | | | |Informal Settlement a |
| | | | |value of R5 478 |
|Free State |23 354 |28 584 |-5 230 |a saving was realised in |
| | | | |Integrated Residential |
| | | | |development Phase 4 and |
| | | | |funds were shifted to |
| | | | |compensate for the over |
| | | | |expenditure |
|Gauteng |- |- |- |Â |
|KwaZulu-Nat|110 202 |230 762 |-120 560 |Â |
|al | | | | |
|Limpopo |37 034 |3 321 |33 713 |All unspent conditional, |
| | | | |grants including emergency|
| | | | |housing, were surrendered |
| | | | |to Treasury. |
|Mpumalanga |53 543 |39 367 |14 176 |Â |
|Northern |9 648 |5 113 |4 535 |PL R2.9 / Rec 1.6 |
|Cape | | | | |
|North West |46 253 |79 026 |-32 773 |Â |
|Western |30 978 |50 551 |-19 573 |The Province once again |
|Cape | | | |spent R13,7m on Access to |
| | | | |basic services and R4,2m |
| | | | |on Fire damage repairs, |
| | | | |Funds from UISP |
|Total |443 822 |581 957 |-138 135 |Â |
| | | |
|2014/15 | | |
|Province |Budget |Spent |Variance |Programmes where money was|
| | | | |moved and how much each |
| | | | |programme benefited from |
| | | | |shifting of funds |
| |R'000 |R'000 |R'000 | |
|Eastern |76 422 |83 580 |-7 158 |Funds were sourced from |
|Cape | | | |non-moving programmes, |
| | | | |such as IRDP Top |
| | | | |Structures Informal |
| | | | |Settlements the value of |
| | | | |R7 158 was redirected to |
| | | | |disaster relief. |
|Free State |7 346 |8 955 |-1 609 |a saving was realised in |
| | | | |Integrated Residential |
| | | | |development Phase 4 and |
| | | | |funds were shifted to |
| | | | |compensate for the over |
| | | | |expenditure |
|Gauteng |869 000 |560 309 |308 691 |Â |
|Province |Budget |Spent |Variance |Programmes where money was|
| | | | |moved and how much each |
| | | | |programme benefited from |
| | | | |shifting of funds |
|KwaZulu-Nat|202 056 |138 722 |63 334 |Â |
|al | | | | |
|Limpopo |6 261 |1 925 |4 336 |The budget and expenditure|
| | | | |for Emergency Housing was |
| | | | |R6261 and R1, 925m |
| | | | |respectively. The balance |
| | | | |formed part of the |
| | | | |budget-cut of |
| | | | |R559,500million |
|Mpumalanga |32 340 |36 407 |-4 067 |Â |
|Northern |80 |3 275 |-3 195 |ISUP underspent R3.195 |
|Cape | | | | |
|North West |50 721 |39 656 |11 065 |Â |
|Western |26 500 |73 241 |-46 741 |The Province spent R20m on|
|Cape | | | |Access to basic services |
| | | | |(H.D.A.), R6m on Disaster |
| | | | |relief, and R22m on TRA's |
| | | | |(temporary relocation |
| | | | |assistance) Funds from |
| | | | |UISP |
|Total |1 270 726 |946 070 |324 656 |Â |
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