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 reference to the Western Cape Government’s plans to assist companies that wish to move to the province: (1) Which programmes or units in his Department are responsible for assisting these companies; (2) whether the provincial government has assisted in these types of matters before; if so, (i) what challenges can be expected and (ii) what plans are in place to address these; (3) whether any companies have approached the provincial government in the last year seeking such support; if so, what are the relevant details?
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10 | 25 March 2022 | 11782 |
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(1) Whether his government has a policy on international relations; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what guides his government on international relations; (2) under which powers and legislation did he take the decisions to declare the provincial government’s support for Ukraine and to ban the Russia’s Consul General from participating in any provincial government’s functions; (3) whether his government has a position with regard to the continued atrocities of the Israeli government against the Palestinian people; if so, what are the relevant details; (4) whether his government has supported the Palestinian people in any way in (i) 2014, (ii) 2015, (iii) 2016, (iv) 2017, (v) 2018, (vi) 2019, (vii) 2020, (viii) 2021 and (ix) 2022 to date? |
7 | 25 March 2022 | 11781 |
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(1) What is the (a) number of advisers that he has in his office, (b) what are their qualifications, (c) what are their salaries and (d) what is the total cost of the advisers; (2) whether a certain person, whose name has been furnished to his Department for the purpose of his reply, has started in the role of being an adviser to the Premier; if so, what is he going to advise him on; (3) whether a series of social-media posts by this person that contradicts his government’s standpoint on many issues, including the Russia–Ukraine conflict, have been brought to his attention; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what engagements have they had regarding the conflict? |
6 | 25 March 2022 | 11780 |
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(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? |
4 | 25 March 2022 | 11779 |
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(1)(a) What is the (i) number and (ii) details of the meetings that the Department has had with the City of Cape Town regarding the Safety Plan and LEAP officers between 2019 and 2022, (b) what were the (i) discussions and (ii) resolutions of such meetings and (c) can copies of the minutes of these meeting be made available; (2) (a) how many meetings and engagements did the former Minister and the Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security have in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021 and (iv) 2022 to date regarding the Safety Plan and (b) what were the (i) discussions and (ii) resolutions of such meetings? |
3 | 25 March 2022 | 11778 |
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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? |
2 | 25 March 2022 | 11777 |
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Whether the Department has a (a) GBV policy and (b) sexual harassment policy; if not, why not; if so, (i) what are the relevant details, (ii) how are they implemented and (iii) can copies of these policies be made available? |
25 | 11 March 2022 | 11774 |
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(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? |
15 | 11 March 2022 | 11773 |
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With regard to deliberations on the 2022 budget for Health in the Standing Committee meeting on 15 March 2022: (1) (a) What are the details of the budget allocation to the Khayelitsha District Hospital in (i) 2019/20, (ii) 2020/21, (iii) 2021/22 and (iv) 2022/23, (b) what is the budget increase for the Hospital in the new financial year to address challenges at the Hospital and to respond to many unfunded mandates and (c) how is this budget responding to the document that the Hospital’s management submitted to the provincial government requesting additional funding; (2) (a) what is the budget allocation for the building of the Klipfontein Regional Hospital, (b) what are the detailed tasks that will be undertaken each year during the 2022 MTEF and (c) when will the Klipfontein Regional Hospital be completed and be fully operational? |
14 | 18 March 2022 | 11772 |
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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? |
13 | 18 March 2022 | 11771 |
