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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With regard to the ECD migration from the Department of Social Development: (1) Whether all (a) vacancies and (b) critical posts in the ECD programme have been filled; (c) if not, (i) why not, (ii) what are the details of the unfilled posts, (iii) what are the reasons thereof and (iv) what impact will these vacancies have on the functioning of the programme; (d) if so, (i) what are the relevant details and (ii) when were they filled; (2) whether there have been any delays in the registration of ECDs in the province; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what is the number of ECDs affected by these delays; (3) what is the number of registered ECDs in the province? |
3 | 6 May 2022 | 12388 |
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(1) Whether the process of ECD migration from the Department of Social Development to her Department has been completed; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what are the updates; (2) whether all ECD subsidies have been paid to schools; (a) if not, (i) why not, (ii) what are the reasons for the delays and (iii) what is the number of schools not paid yet; (b) if so, (i) what are the relevant details and (ii) when was the first and last payment made; (3) whether there are any schools that may not be paid these subsidies at all; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what criteria determine the non-payment; (4) with regard to (3) above, (a) what is the number of schools affected and (b) what support is her Department providing to them? |
2 | 6 May 2022 | 12387 |
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(1) Whether there exists a standard policy and/or set of guidelines in her Department that are provided to schools to guide them to develop their own (a) admissions policy and (b) code of conduct; if not, why not; if so, (i) what are the relevant details, (ii) what criteria are followed to develop these, (iii) what is the role of her Department in the process, (iv) when are these reviewable and (v) what is the process thereof (2) how often are the admission policy and code of conduct, which are developed by schools, reviewed by her Department for compliance with the relevant guidelines or policies; (3) (a) what remedies are available to ensure compliance with the appropriate guidelines provided by her Department and (b) how are these remedies applied? |
1 | 6 May 2022 | 12386 |
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(a) What are the details of the (i) irregular expenditure and (ii) fruitless and wasteful expenditure that has been incurred by his Department and its entity in (aa) 2019, (bb) 2020 and (cc) 2021, (b) how much was incurred as the result of not adhering to (i) National Treasury and (ii) Provincial Treasury instructions over the same period of time and (c) what are the (i) details of these instructions and (ii) reasons for not adhering to them? |
13 | 22 April 2022 | 12384 |
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(1) Whether an investigative report into financial irregularities and/or maladministration at the Heatherlands High School has been bought to his attention; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) (a) what were the (i) findings and (ii) recommendations of the report and (b) what steps were taken to implement them; (3) whether he and/or any of his cabinet officials or Western Cape Education Department officials were implicated in any wrongdoing in the report; if so, what are the relevant details? |
2 | 22 April 2022 | 12383 |
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In relation to the deeds office backlog preventing the transfer of title deeds to beneficiaries: Whether his department is taking innovative steps to deal with the title deeds backlog in the province; if not, why not; if so, what are the details of these steps?
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12 | 22 April 2022 | 12382 |
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With regard to the construction of a cellphone tower at Sir Lowry’s Pass Primary School: (1) What are the reasons for halting the project; (2) whether a health and safety assessment was done for the project; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) (a) what are the details of the community engagements that have been held regarding this project and (b) what are the (i) dates and (ii) minutes of such meetings? |
11 | 22 April 2022 | 12380 |
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(a) What are the details of all investigations into financial irregularities and maladministration that have been instituted against schools in (i) 2014, (ii) 2015, (iii) 2016, (iv) 2017, (v) 2018, (vi) 2019, (vii) 2020, (viii) 2021 and (ix) 2022 to date and (b) can copies of such investigations and findings be made available? |
22 | 14 April 2022 | 12379 |
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(1) Whether her Department has done anything to improve the running of the Cape Minstrel Festival; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether the 2015/16 Cape Minstrel Festival was a success, if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? |
3 | 26 February 2016 | 12378 |
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3 | 30 October 2015 | 12374 |
