Questions and Replies

The right of Members to put questions to Ministers is an important part of ensuring the executive authority’s accountability to the Provincial Parliament. Questions may be put to Ministers related to their spheres of responsibility. Replies to questions are either given orally in the House or in writing. The replies to oral questions are recorded in Hansard.

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Question Question Number Date Question Link

(a) What are the four leading causes of deaths in the Western Cape, (b) how many of these have resulted in the death of young people between the ages of 15 and 35 and (c) how many of the deaths above were related to the consumption of alcohol in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021 and (iv) 2022 to date?

7 8 July 2022 12903

With regard to the National Health Insurance (NHI) Grant:
(1) Which programmes are funded by this grant, including the expenditure items per programme;
(2) how much has been spent of this grant from the start of the financial year to date, including a detailed breakdown of the expenditure that indicates (a) expenditure items and (b) unit costs?

6 8 July 2022 12902

With reference to a letter written to your office in April 2016 regarding a patient – whose name has been furnished to your Department for the purpose of your reply and who was treated at the Citrusdal Clinic and Hospital, whether her Department had investigated the matter; if not, why not; if so, what was the outcome of the investigation?

4 27 May 2016 12901

What steps have been taken by his Department and each of the municipalities in the Western Cape to address the recent water crisis and related problems?

3 27 May 2016 12900

[a] How many cases of corruption in the Expanded Public Works Programme in the City of Cape Town have been brought to his attention, (b) what was the action he and the City took and (c) how many criminal cases were opened in this regard?

2 27 May 2016 12898

[1] What progress has his Department made thus far with early childhood development;

[2] whether a comprehensive programme is in place for early childhood development; if so, what are the relevant details?

1 27 May 2016 12897

[a] What is the (i) total budget for and (ii) expenditure on communication in her Department in the (aa) 2014/15 and (bb) 2015/16 financial years and (b) specifically for which aspects of communication was money being (i) budgeted for and (ii) spent on?

20 May 2016 12896

[a] What is the (i) total budget for and (ii) expenditure on communication of each of the municipalities in the Western Cape for the (aa) 2014/15 and (bb) 2015/16 financial years and (b) specifically for which aspects of communication was money being (i) budgeted for and (ii) spent on?

4 20 May 2016 12895

What the plans of his Department and of the different municipalities in the Western Cape entail for the expected rain and concomitant flooding during the coming winter?

3 20 May 2016 12894

Whether any arrest have been made or convictions secured in terms of the Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act, Act 7 of 2013; if so, what are the relevant details?

2 20 May 2016 12893

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