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VOTE 15: BASIC EDUCATION

VOTE 15: BASIC EDUCATION. DBE Presentation to the Standing Committee on Appropriations 03 September 2014. VOTE 15: BASIC EDUCATION. FIRST QUARTER EXPENDITURE. INTRODUCTION.

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VOTE 15: BASIC EDUCATION

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  1. VOTE 15: BASIC EDUCATION DBE Presentation to the Standing Committee on Appropriations 03 September 2014

  2. VOTE 15: BASIC EDUCATION FIRST QUARTER EXPENDITURE

  3. INTRODUCTION • The total Appropriated budget of the Department for the 2014/15 financial year amounts to R19 680.146 million • The majority of the budget (R14 267.387 million) is allocated to transfer payments as follows: • Conditional Grants: R13 169.549 million • Transfers to Public Entities: R1 054.853 million • Other Transfers: R42.985 million • The remainder of the budget (R5 412.759 million) is allocated to the following: • Compensation of Employees: R315.560 million • Examiners and Moderators: R19.546 million • Earmarked Funds: R1 781.946 million • Office Accommodation: R158.813 million • Specifically and Exclusively Appropriated: R2 938.503 million • Departmental Operations: R127.299 million • Departmental Projects: R71.092 million

  4. INTRODUCTION (cont.) • The total actual expenditure of the Department for the 2014/15 financial year first quarter amounts to R6 011.267 million • The majority of the expenditure (R5 633.535 million) consists of transfer payments as follows: • Conditional Grants: R4 634.910 million • Transfers to Public Entities: R974.337 million • Other Transfers: R24.288 million • The remainder of the expenditure (R377.732 million) consists of the following: • Compensation of Employees: R75.778 million • Examiners and Moderators: R4.070 million • Earmarked Funds: R44.483 million • Office Accommodation : R38.366 million • Specifically and Exclusively Appropriated: R161.027 million • Departmental Operations: R40.699 million • Departmental Projects: R13.309 million

  5. ALLOCATION AGAINST ACTUAL EXPENDITURE PER PROGRAMME FOR THE 2014/15 FINANCIAL YEAR

  6. ALLOCATION AGAINST ACTUAL EXPENDITURE PER ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION FOR THE 2014/15 FINANCIAL YEAR

  7. ALLOCATION OVER THE 2014/15 FINANCIAL YEAR

  8. DETAILS OF EARMARKED ALLOCATIONS/TRANSFERS OVER THE 2014/15 FINANCIAL YEAR

  9. DETAILS OF EARMARKED ALLOCATIONS/TRANSFERS OVER THE 2014/15 FINANCIAL YEAR

  10. COST CONTAINMENT MEASURES • ALL employees/officials can only rent a group/class B vehicle (or equivalent or lower); • Domestic hotel accommodation may NOT exceed R1 300.00 (including dinner, bed, breakfast and parking); • ALL employees/officials can only book economy class tickets for domestic flights (Ministers and DG (or equivalent ranks) can fly business class); • Only Ministers, DG and DDGs (or equivalent ranks) can fly business class for overseas trips (flights exceeding 5 hours); • The number of employees/officials travelling by air to other centres (for example regional or district offices) to attend an official engagement on the SAME matter is limited to only three (3). This includes employees/officials travelling to Parliament. Only the DG can approve deviation from this instruction in advance; • Trips by vehicles must be optimised to reduce costs, for example, officials travelling for the same purpose to the same destination are encouraged to travel together;

  11. COST CONTAINMENT MEASURES • No catering for internal meetings unless approved by the Accounting Officer; • Usage of the Departmental venues and facilities as far as possible; • Management of telephones; • Reduction of outsourced services and consultation costs; and • No year end functions are paid for from departmental budget.

  12. THANK YOU

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