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 his department has any strategies or plans in place to improve the safety of police officers; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details, (b) when will it be implemented and (c) in which areas? |
12 | 8 August 2014 | 11950 |
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(a) What is the rationale for the establishment of the Western Cape Police Ombudsman, (b) how will the Ombudsman relate to the existing Secretariate, (b) how will the office be staffed and (c) what is the (i) establishment budget and (ii) projected budget? |
11 | 8 August 2014 | 11949 |
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(a) What interventions has his department put in place to rebuild broken relationships between communities and the police, (b) what (i) training, (ii) human resources and (iii) financial resources are given to (aa) the policing community and (bb) neighbourhood watches and (c) what other resources are provided besides CCTV cameras? |
10 | 8 August 2014 | 11948 |
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With regard to the latest National Green Drop Report: (1) (a) What are the criteria against which scores are calculated, (b) which five local governments in the province performed best and (c) which were ranked last, according to this report; (2) (a) which municipalities’ water systems are viewed to be at risk due to poor waste management and (b) what support has his Department in the past rendered to local governments across the board to assist them to (i) lessen the risk of water scarcity and (ii) improve on their scores; (3) what support did municipalities in the province receive from the national Department of Water and Sanitation in order to address water scarcity risks and to improve their scores against the Green Drop criteria? |
6 | 14 April 2022 | 11946 |
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1(a) What is the rationale behind the establishment of Safety Labs in the province, (b) how many have been established and (c) in what areas are they already in operation; 2. whether Safety Labs is a government or party political programme; 3(a) who runs and manages the Safety Labs, (b) how much is budgeted for the operations of the Safety Labs and (c) how much of the planned budget is allocated to salaries? |
9 | 8 August 2014 | 11945 |
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How many (a) of the six million “real jobs” promised by the Democratic Alliance in their 2014 election manifesto will be created in the Western Cape and (b) jobs will be created in each sector of the provincial economy by 2019? |
8 | 8 August 2014 | 11944 |
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(1) How are station-level resources calculated based on a station headed by a (a) brigadier, (b) colonel and (c) captain; (2) (a) how many (i) detectives and (ii) vehicles are there at every station in the province and (b) what is the average number of vehicles not in working order? |
5 | 14 April 2022 | 11943 |
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With respect to the Plattekloof Forensic Science Laboratory’s commitments to improve the maintenance of its equipment:
(1) Whether the necessary maintenance plans are in place to meet this commitment; if so, how long would these contracts take; (2) (a) what DNA processing equipment has been bought and (b) what is the total value thereof? |
4 | 14 April 2022 | 11942 |
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With regard to the former Minister of Community Safety, Albert Fritz: (1) (a) When did the former Minister withdraw the Head of Department’s delegated authority to appoint persons in the employ of the Department of Community Safety, (b) to whom did the former Minister delegate the authority to appoint persons in the employ of the Department of Community Safety, (c) what role did the former Minister’s Head of Ministry play in the appointment of persons in the employ of the Department of Community Safety and (d) what role did the Department of the Premier play in the amended delegations; (2) whether the authority to employ persons in the Department of Social Development, during the period in which the former Minister was the Minister of Social Development, was delegated to the Head of the Department of Social Development; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether any other Minister withdrew or withheld delegations from any other Head of Department to appoint persons in the employ of their departments; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) why was this allowed; (4) why did the Premier permit a Minister to withdraw these delegations; (5) whether he has initiated an investigation into the role of any employees in the Department of Social Development in regard to the allegations of sexual misconduct against the former Minister while he was Minister of Social Development; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? |
3 | 14 April 2022 | 11940 |
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Whether Western Cape community clinics in Mitchells Plain, Khayelitsha and Nyanga are being considered for closure; if so, (a) what are the reasons for the proposed closures and (b) how will the proposed closures benefit the communities? |
2 | 14 April 2022 | 11939 |
