1. Select Committee on Finance National Council of Provinces
Preliminary Outcome of Conditional Grants & Capital Expenditure as at 31 March 2007 (2006/07 Financial Year) [Section 32 of PFMA]
Select Committee on Finance
National Council of Provinces
Presented by:
Intergovernmental Relations
National Treasury
10 May 2007

2. Agriculture (1)
Spending at R5,0bn or 97,5% against R5,2bn adjusted budget, preliminary underspending of R128,5m (mostly personnel)
All provinces underspent on their agriculture adjusted budgets
WC (11,9%), NC (3,8%) and EC (3,4%) reflect the highest rate of underspending in agriculture
Increase of R1,0bn or 25,1% compared to the previous year
Low rate of spending in WC (88,1%) and NC (96,2%)
LP (99,5%) and KZN (98,7%) reflects the highest rate of spending in agriculture
Agriculture Personnel spending at R2,3bn or 98,5% (R2,3bn adjusted budget)
Preliminary underspending of R34,3m
Capital spending at R557,3m or 98,1%
Significant increase of R215,9m or 63,2% compared to audited outcome last year
Low rate of capital spending in GP (68,2%) and WC (83,5%)
NC (392,2%) and FS (123,7%) reflects the highest rate of capital spending in agriculture
NPNC spending at R2,2bn or 96,3% of R2,3bn adjusted budget
Preliminary underspending of R83,3m

3. Agriculture (2)

4. Agriculture: Personnel

5. Agriculture: Capital

6. Agriculture: Non-personnel Non- capital

7. Conditional Grants

8. Specific grants that show low rates of spending include:
Conditional Grants (1)
Specific grants that show low rates of spending include:
Agricultural Disaster Management (44,1%)
Land Care Programme (80,6%)

9. Conditional Grants (3)

10. Conditional Grants: Spending Rates (1)
4 or more provinces have spent less than 90% of their grant budget for the following grants:
Land Care Programme;
Although the rate of spending is encouraging and reflects an improvement over previous financial years, overall spending still lies below total provincial average (94,6% vs 98,7%)

11. Conditional Grants: Spending Rates

12. Detail on Conditional Grants by Grant Type

13. Agriculture Grants Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme Grant
Objective (Schedule 4 Grant):
To expand the provision of agricultural support services, and promote and facilitate agricultural development by targeting beneficiaries of the Land and Agrarian Reform programmes
4th Quarter Expenditure:
Spending of this grants is subsumed in the spending of a range of programmes and therefore no reporting is required
However, provinces reported spending of R321,1m or 93,9% of R341,9m adjusted allocation
Transfers received amounted to 100,0% of national allocation
Highest spending: MP (105,4%) and NC (103,9%)
Lowest spending: KZN (64,4%) and LP (96,4%)
Service Delivery Outcome:
Department / Sector to respond

14. Objective (Schedule 5 Grant):
Agriculture Grants Land Care Programme Grant: Poverty Relief and Infrastructure Development
Objective (Schedule 5 Grant):
To address the degradation problems of natural/agricultural resources and to improve the socio-economic status and food security of rural communities
4th Quarter Expenditure:
Agriculture spent R49,8m or 80,6% of the R61,8m Land Care Programme adjusted allocation (including provincial roll-overs)
Transfers received amounted to 100,0% of national allocation
Highest spending: NC (102,4%) and GP (97,4%)
Lowest spending: KZN (52,9%) and EC (70,7%)
Service Delivery Outcome:
Department / Sector to respond

15. Agriculture Grants Agricultural Disaster Management Grant
Objective (Schedule 5 Grant):
Flood relief to farmers in identified areas of the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces (unforeseeable and unavoidable expenditure allocated for flood disasters).
4th Quarter Expenditure:
Agriculture spent R49,5m or 44,1% of the R112,1m Agricultural Disaster Management adjusted allocation (including provincial roll-overs)
Service Delivery Outcome:
Department / Sector to respond

16. 4th Quarter Infrastructure Report for 2006/07
DoRA Requirements
Province
4th Quarter Infrastructure Report for 2006/07
Agriculture
Education
Health
Roads
Other
Eastern Cape
Submitted
Free State
Gauteng
Submitted not required format
KwaZulu-Natal
Not Submitted
Limpopo
Mpumalanga
Northern Cape
Western Cape

17. PROVINICAL PERFORMANCE

18. PROVINICAL PERFORMANCE

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