The Department was allocated an amount of R2 billion for the 2011/12 financial year. The Department's third quarter expenditure projection for the 2011/12 financial year was R1,6 billion and the actual expenditure was R923,9 million. Based on its projection, the Department has under-spent by R676,1 million (or 42, 3 per cent). This slow spending occurred as result of a lack of spending on a number of programmes which are discussed in the following section.