The provincial departments are allocated R337.572 billion or 32 per cent of the available funds excluding conditional grants. The provincial equitable share allocation increases by R24.557 billion or 7.8 per cent from a revised estimate of R313.016 billion in 2012/13 to R337.572 billion in 2013/14. Over the MTEF the provincial equitable share increases by over R40 billion from R337.582 billion in the 2013/14 financial year to R383.697 billion in the 2015/16 financial year.