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823 WEDNESDAY, 29 OCTOBER 2008
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Budget for ECD programmes
1617. Mrs J A SEMPLE (DA) asked the
Minister of Social Development:
(1) How much was (a) budgeted for, (b)
allocated to and (c) spent by his
department on the Early Childhood
Development (ECD) programme in
each of the past five years up to the
latest specified date for which information
is available;
(2) how many (a) places of care and (b)
ECD sites were registered by his
department in (i) urban and (ii) rural
areas and (c) people have been (i)
recruited, (ii) trained and (iii) placed
at ECD sites;
(3) how many (a) existing caregivers at
these sites (i) required training and
(ii) received training and (b) children
benefited from the ECD programme?
NW2366E
The MINISTER OF SOCIAL DEVELOP-
MENT:
(1) The budget that has been allocated and
spent by the Department of Social
Development (DSD) on Early Childhood
Development (ECD) programme
in each of the past five years, are as
follows:
(a) + (b) combined under ‘‘budget’’.
(c) Summary Expenditure on ECD
(see cols 595–596.).
Awarding of grants
1654. Ms J A SEMPLE (DA) asked the
Minister of Social Development:
(1) Whether there was a backlog with
awarding (a) foster care grants, (b)
disability grants, (c) child support
grants and (d) pensions in any province
as at 15 September 2008; if not,
what is the position in this regard; if
so, what is the backlog in each case;
(2) whether any applications for any
such grants or pensions has taken
longer than (a) three months, (b) six
months, (c) nine months and (d)
twelve months to process; if so, (i)
how many in each case and (ii) from
which provinces are they;
(3) whether any steps have been taken to
eradicate the problem of the backlogs;
if not, why not; if so, what
steps? NW2427E
The MINISTER OF SOCIAL DEVELOP-
MENT:
(1) Yes, there is a total national backlog
with regard to the awarding of grants of
12 391 as indicated below:
Type of Grant Total
(a) Foster Care Grants 367
(b) Disability Grant 4 594
(c) Child Support Grant 6 006
(d) Pensions (Grants for Older Persons) 1 424
(2) (a) Yes.
(b) Yes.
(c) Yes.
(d) Yes.
(i) Refer to table —
Longer
than 3
months
Periods and totals
Longer
than 6
months
Longer
than 9
months
Longer
than 12
months
4 083 385 89 1 321
Provinces/Region
Eastern Cape
Free State
Gauteng
KwaZulu-Natal
Limpopo
Mpumalanga
(ii) The provinces/regions affected
are indicated below: