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Outcome of Conditional Grants & Capital Expenditure as at 30 June 2005 [Section 32 of PFMA]. Select Committee on Finance National Council of Provinces Presented by: Jan Hattingh Intergovernmental Relations National Treasury 11 October 2005. First Quarter Spending.
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Outcome of Conditional Grants & Capital Expenditure as at 30 June 2005[Section 32 of PFMA] Select Committee on Finance National Council of Provinces Presented by: Jan Hattingh Intergovernmental Relations National Treasury 11 October 2005
Central Hospital Services (Programme 5)
Provincial Social Grants (Programme 2)
Integrated Housing and Human Settlement Development Expenditure
Why Underspending on Capital? • Possible reasons for underspending • Inadequate focus on infrastructure delivery by line depts • Poor project planning and management of infrastructure delivery in spite of a relatively stable three year budget system • No reason not to link procurement to fin year • Culture of excuses (example funds committed) • Poor governance arrangement where agency are involved • Lack of clarity in roles and responsibility (PW & client depts) • Inadequate asset management system • Poor reporting on expenditure and on progress • Inadequate capacity (include staffing gaps and skills) • Delays in processing of payments for completed work • Treasuries must monitor SPIKE in last two months of financial year • Should core function be fragmented? • Decision to build class rooms
Proposed solutions • Infrastructure Delivery Improvement Programme (IDIP) endorsed by Cabinet aims to improve planning and implementation: • Improve capacity and management systems in line departments • Improving contracting arrangements with PW – SLA to better define client-agent relationships • Strengthen capacity for procurement, project & contract management in public works • Success of IDIP depends • Commitment at all levels of government, esp within depts • Improvement in information systems to support needs identification, prioritisation & performance monitoring • Adequately functioning asset management systems in place – asset registers including assessment of condition & utilisation • Recruitment of appropriate skills (level of posts vs required skills)
Provincial Education: Capex v/s Infrastructure Budgets
Provincial Education: Capex v/s Infrastructure Spending
Provincial Health: Capex v/s Infrastructure Budgets
Provincial Health: Capex v/s Infrastructure Expenditure
Provincial Capital – Roads & Transport: Capital v/s Infrastructure Budgets
Provincial Capital – Roads & Transport: Capital v/s Infrastructure Expenditure
Quarterly Comparison between the 2003/04 and 2004/05 Financial Years
Monthly Expenditure for the 2002/03, 2003/04 and 2004/05 Financial Years
Conditional Grants [Overview – 1st Quarter]
Conditional Grants – continued [Overview – 1st Quarter]
Publication Dates for Provincial S32 Reports • 2005/06 Financial Year: • 2nd Quarter (as at 30 September 2005) 28 October 2005 • 3rd Quarter (as at 31 December 2005) 30 January 2006 • 4th Quarter (as at 31 March 2006) 28 April 2006
Proposed Dates for QPRs • Practice Note 3 of 2005 (issued with effect from 01 August 2005): • National departments administering conditional grants are required to table QPRs (including both financial and non-financial information) with the SCOF in the NCOP at the end of each quarter in line with the requirements of Sections 19(1)(c) and 21(2)(d) of the Act, Grant Frameworks and Treasury Regulation 5.3. • Departments are required to provide the NT with copies of the reports tabled at SCOF in NCOP. The quarterly reports for each quarter should be tabled by the dates provided below. • The dates are as follows: • First Quarter: 08 August 2005 • Second Quarter: 07 November 2005 • Third Quarter: 07 February 2006 • Fourth Quarter: 08 May 2006