4.4.3. In the allocation for 2010/11, a total of R1.568 billion has been allocated for restitution. In comparison with R1, 9 billion allocation for 2009/10, this year's allocation declined by 18%. The committee is concerned about the impact of this decline on the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights' priorities to settle all the outstanding claims - whose majority are complex and rural in nature. In fact the budget for restitution has been in decline for the past 3 years.