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

With respect to the Helderberg area:

(1) What is the current demand for learner placement at high schools in the area;

(2) whether there any plans for the building of new schools in the area, specifically for the areas of Sir Lowry’s Pass, Village Somerset West and Gordon’s Bay; if not, why not; if so, what are the timelines for these projects?

 2 11 March 2022 11657

Regarding the Department’s plan to house the proposed Violence Prevention Unit:

(a) At what stage is the planning or implementation of the Unit, (b) how many people does her Department plan to employ to capacitate the Unit, (c) how much is it expected to cost in order for it to function effectively and (d) which other stakeholders, in addition to the area-based teams, would be brought in to implement the Unit’s programmes? 

 6 4 March 2022 11656

1. (a) What is the number of (i) primary school learners and (ii) high school learners enrolled at schools in Mitchells Plain and (b) what is the number of (i) primary schools and (ii) high schools in Mitchells       Plain;

2. whether her the Department has plans to build more high schools in the area; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 3 4 March 2022 11655

With regard to her Department’s infrastructure development plans:

(1)     Whether the crisis of unplaced learners and overcrowded classrooms in schools in poor working-class communities is taken into consideration when her Department plans its infrastructure projects; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

(2)     (a) what criteria are followed by her Department to decide on infrastructure projects, (b) what are the details of the school infrastructure projects that took place in the communities of (i) Mfuleni, (ii) Kraaifontein, (iii) Khayelitsha and (iv) Mitchells Plain in (aa) 2014, (bb) 2015, (cc) 2016, (dd) 2017, (ee) 2018, (ff) 2019, (gg) 2020, (hh) 2021 and (ii) 2022 to date?

 2 4 March 2022 11654
  1. (i) How many clients were discharged from public health facilities without all the necessary documentation, including discharge summaries, and (ii) for the last three years, what percentage of patient records contained the diagnosis codes required by medical insurers for the calculation of the cost of claims, as at the latest date for which information is available, and (b) what measures are in place to ensure that public health facilities do not over- or undercharge clients?
 7 26 November 2021 11649

With regard to claims by the Chairperson of Heritage Western Cape in the 2020/21 Annual Report that the Council is of the view that more staff members are needed in order to execute its mandate optimally:

  1. (a) What measures have been put in place to pay the heritage professionals salaries that are competitive in the market and (b) what is the number of employees who have resigned from Heritage Western Cape in (i) 2014, (ii) 2015, (iii) 2016, (iv) 2017, (v) 2018, (vi) 2019, (vii) 2020 and (viii) 2021 to date;
  1. whether there are plans to increase the budget for Heritage Western Cape; if so, what are the relevant details?
 12 12 November 2021 11648
  1. What is the total amount that has been sent to the West Coast Netball Union in (i) 2013, (ii) 2014, (iii) 2015, (iv) 2016, (v) 2017, (vi) 2018, (vii) 2019, (viii) 2020 and (ix) 2021 to date, (b) what was the money intended for, (c)(i) what is the address of the union and (ii) who are its members and (d) what is the (i) number of netball facilities that have been built in the West Coast region and (ii) location of each facility?

 

 10 12 November 2021 11647

With regard to the emission of greenhouse gases in the Western Cape:

  1. (a) How many parts per million of greenhouse gases have been emitted in (i) 2016, (ii) 2017, (iii) 2018 and (iv) 2019 and (b) what are the relevant details in this regard;
  2. (a)(i) what are the 10 sectors that contribute the most to the emission of greenhouse gases in the province and (ii) what are the relevant details of each, (b) how many parts per million of greenhouse gases have been emitted by each of these sectors for the same period as in (1)(a), (c)(i) which sectors, if any, have demonstrated a sustained increase in greenhouse emissions and (ii) what are the relevant details and (d)(i) which sectors, if any, have demonstrated a sustained decrease in greenhouse emissions and (ii) what are the relevant details?
 2 8 October 2021 11631

With regard to the emission of greenhouse gases in the Western Cape:

  1. (a) How many parts per million of greenhouse gases have been emitted in (i) 2012, (ii) 2013, (iii) 2014 and (iv) 2015 and (b) what are the relevant details in this regard;
  2. (a)(i) what are the 10 sectors that contribute the most to the emission of greenhouse gases in the province and (ii) what are the relevant details of each, (b) how many parts per million of greenhouse gases have been emitted by each of these sectors for the same period as in (1)(a), (c)(i) which sectors, if any, have demonstrated a sustained increase in greenhouse emissions and (ii) what are the relevant details and (d)(i) which sectors, if any, have demonstrated a sustained decrease in greenhouse emissions and (ii) what are the relevant details?
 1 8 October 2021 11630
  1. Whether the Premier occupies the Premier’s residence at Leeuwenhof; if so, (a) what is the market value of this residence, (b) what rental does the Premier pay, (c) what services are provided to the Premier at the residence, (d)(i) what are the monthly or annual operating costs of the residence and (ii) what are the details of the cost, (e) what are the monthly costs for (i) maintenance, (ii) security, (iii) gardening, (iv) housekeeping, (v) entertainment and (vi) groceries;
  1. whether there are any other services or maintenance undertaken or provided at this residence not listed in (1); if so, what are the relevant details?
 12 1 October 2021 11629

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