Although the expenditure of the first quarter of 2012/13 is higher (20, 35 per cent) compared to the previous financial year of 17, 7 per cent financial year, however, this expenditure means that the Department has repeatedly spent far less than the general expenditure benchmark of 25 per cent per quarter. It is also important to note that most of the economic classification categories have reported under-expenditure in the first quarter with the over-expenditure on programmes 1 and 6 at 32, 7 per cent 35, 5 per cent respectively. Lower-than-expected spending is mainly due to the following: non-submission of drawback schedules; broadband ICT tender process and delays in the implementation of projects awaiting approval by the Director-General.