Questions and Replies

(1)  (a) What oversight mechanisms does the Department have over the recruitment, training and deployment of LEAP officers and (b) how many reports does the Department get from the City annually;

(2)  (a) what is the total breakdown of the expenditure on the LEAP programme in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021 and (iv) 2022 to date and (b) what are the details of the (i) expenditure items and (ii) cost per unit?

With reference to his reply to question 2 of 28 January 2022:

(1) Whether his Department has made one or more transfer payments to the Economic Development Partnership in the 2021/22 financial year; if so, what are details of the  amounts;

(2) (a) what proportion of these transfer payments comprised funds made available by the Department of the Premier, (b) of the transfer payments in (1), what proportion was initially allocated and/or paid by the Economic Development Partnership to a certain company, whose details have been furnished to his Department for the purpose of his reply, and (c) what was the stated purpose of these allocations or payments in accordance with the relevant transfer payment agreement and business case;

(3) whether the allocations or payments referred to in (2) and/or purposes of these allocations or payments changed at any stage; if so, (a) on what date or dates did this occur, (b) what are the details of these changes (including the changes made to the relevant transfer payment agreement and business case) and (c) why did these changes occur;

(4) on what date did the Economic Development Partnership appoint a certain company, whose name has been furnished to his Department for the purpose of his reply, to carry out the institutional refresh project initiated by the Premier and his Department in the 2021/22 financial year;

(5) at the time of the appointment referred to in (4) was the institutional refresh project initiated by the Premier and the Department of the Premier contemplated by the transfer payment agreement or agreements and business case or cases referred to in (2) and/or (3);

(6) when did this company commence work on the institutional refresh project initiated by the Premier and the Department of the Premier in the Department’s 2021/22 financial year using funding transferred by his Department to the Economic Development Partnership;

(7) what projects relating to the Western Cape Government, other than the institutional refresh project, did this company undertake using funds transferred to the Economic Development Partnership by his Department during the 2021/22 financial year;

(8) (a) when did the appointment of this company by the Economic Development Partnership to undertake the Premier’s institutional refresh project end in the Department’s 2021/22 financial year and (b) why did it end;

(9) how much of the funds transferred by his Department to the Economic Development Partnership in the 2021/22 financial year was paid by the Economic Development Partnership to this company for the Premier’s institutional refresh project?

(1) (a) How many meetings of the provincial Aids Council did she attend and (b) what are the reasons thereof;

(2) whether her department has appointed district Aids councils in the province; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what are the details of the (i) districts where these councils have been appointed, (ii) appointed persons per districts and (iii) officials that appointed each district council?

Whether her Department has any partnerships with the provincial Department of Social Development and the Department of Community Safety to address substance abuse in the province; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?