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 |
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Whether he and his Department have plans to ensure that the Rail Enforcement Unit officers are also deployed to places other than the City centre; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
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1 | 23 November 2018 | 12478 |
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3 | 30 November 2018 | 12477 |
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With reference to the recent visit of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to South Africa for an engagement on our economic and fiscal situation:
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2 | 30 November 2018 | 12476 |
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1 | 30 November 2018 | 12475 |
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In relation to the Skills Development and Innovation Programme: (a) What are the areas of skills demand in the province that have been identified so far in this financial year, (b) how is her Department coordinating partnerships with stakeholders at different levels to address this demand, (c) how is her Department engaging with the national government on updating the National Scarce Skills List to align it closely with the skills needed in the province and (d)(i) how many beneficiaries are currently being supported through skills interventions and (ii) what are the relevant details of these interventions? |
8 | 27 May 2022 | 12474 |
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With regard to comments attributed to her by the media following her appointment as the new Minister, where she shared her commitment to tackle unemployment and to focus on job creation:
(a) What are her plans to create these jobs, including (i) the targets of direct, (ii) indirect and (iii) induced jobs in the remaining MTEF, (b)(i) in which sectors of the economy are these jobs going to be created and (ii) how, (c) what are the current unemployment level in the province and (d) with reference to people not in education, employment or training (NEET) whom her plans are targeting, (i) how will her plans affect them and (iii) by what percentage will her plans reduce the number of NEET people? |
16 | 27 May 2022 | 12473 |
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(1) (a) When was the Western Cape Economic Development Partnership (WCEDP) established, (b) what is its (i) purpose and (ii) relationship with her Department, (c) what is its reporting and governance structure and (d) how does such interface with her Department, with the Premier and/or with any other provincial departments work; (2) from its establishment to date, what is the total funding that the WCEDP has received from her Department, from the Department of the Premier and/or from any other provincial department and entity (a) as a direct allocation, (ii) as grant funding, (iii) through consulting or (iv) for any other related service; (3) (a) how much was budgeted for COVID-19 relief and recovery, led by her Department, on the Cape Flats during the (i) 2019/20 and (ii) 2020/21 financial years and (b)(i) what amount was finally spent and (ii) on what? |
15 | 27 May 2022 | 12472 |
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With regard to the recent announcement of the relaunch of the direct flight service between London Heathrow and the Cape Town International Airport: (1) Whether her Department has had any engagements with the Department of Health regarding the risk of the spread of monkeypox along this route; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what measures are in place mitigate the risk; (2) (a) what is the expected number of passengers who will use the route per month, (b) how much revenue will it generate for the province, (c) what is the expected benefit for the province because of the relaunch of this route and (d) what role, if any, did the national government play in the relaunch of this route? |
14 | 27 May 2022 | 12469 |
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With regard to the consultants being appointed by Government Motor Transport (GMT): (1) What are the names of the top five consulting firms in terms of (a) total cost, (b) breakdown by billing hours and (c) the details of the services rendered to GMT; (2) (a) how many consultants are deployed to GMT by each consulting firm, (b) what are the individual billing hours of each of these consultants, (c) what are the details of how long they have been consulting to GMT and (d) under what terms are they consulting with regard to specific output; (3) what are the names of top five individual consultants (not deployed by firms) employed by GMT directly in terms of their (a) billing hours, (b) total cost, (c) monthly billable hours for the past 12 months, (d) duration of consulting for GMT and (e) employment with regard to specific output? |
13 | 27 May 2022 | 12468 |
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With regard to the newly established departments of Infrastructure and Mobility: (1) What is the (a) budget allocation for each of these departments and (b) budget breakdown per programme; (2) whether, with regard to the budget allocation that was passed by the provincial parliament for the 2022/23 financial year, any allocations were made to these new departments; if not, what laws and regulations permitted the redetermination of the provincial budget with no consultation of the provincial legislature to allocate budgets to these new departments; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether she or her Department has sought any legal advice on the redetermination of the provincial budget to make allocations to the new departments; if so, what are the relevant details?
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11 | 27 May 2022 | 12467 |
