The overall budget (revised estimates) has increased from R891.2 billion for the 2011/12 financial year to R969.4 billion for the 2012/13 financial year. This marked an increase of R78.2 billion or 8.8 per cent from the 2011/12 financial year. The two outer-years of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) showed an estimated budget of R1.05 trillion and R1.1 trillion for the 2013/14 and 2014/15 financial years respectively, resulting in an increase of R85.7 billion or 8.1 per cent. The overall budget for the 2012/13 financial year included a contingency reserve of R5.8 billion and a debt-service cost provision of R89.4 billion, which when excluded, the overall budget was reduced to R874.2 billion.