Programme 4: expenditure was R195.1 million, or 38 per cent of the available budget of R513.8 million. Planned expenditure was R224.4 million so the department was behind by R29.3 million. This was primarily because the planned audit of ECD facilities had not commenced. The department was busy with the appointment of service provider. Terms of Reference (TOR) had been approved and were going to be presented to the bid evaluating committee. The variance was also due to low spending in social crime issues such as the Integrated Justice System (IJS) stop centres and less travel by Welfare Services officials.