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 regard to the Air Access Programme and the commitment to leverage the programme to support export growth:

  1. (a) How many export commitments or contracts have been secured through the programme in the (i) 2020/21 financial year and (ii) 2021/22 financial year to date, (b) what are the details of the commitments or contracts and (c) what is the monetary value of the secured commitments;
  1. whether there are ongoing efforts through the Air Access Programme to secure further commitments; if so, what are the relevant details?
 8 5 November 2021 11083

With regard to the Fiscal Transitional Support Facility, since its establishment:

    1. How many applications has the Provincial Treasury received for funding of departmental projects;
    1. whether any additional applications have been approved since he outlined the approval of four project in his 2021 budget speech; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
    1. how much funding has (a) been allocated to the Fiscal Transition Support Facility over the MTEF period (2020, 2021 and 2022) and (b) already been allocated, per approved project, over the MTEF period (2020, 2021 and 2022)?
 7 5 November 2021 11082

With regard to the Department’s Deferred Ownership Programme:

    1. Whether construction at the pilot project at Cape Agulhas has begun; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) how many homes will be built;
    1. what type of support will his Department offer prospective homeowners entering into rent-to-buy contracts with sellers;
    1. how much funding has been made available for this programme in the (i) 2021/22 and (ii) 2022/23 financial years?

 

 6 5 November 2021 11081

With regard to the Western Cape Government’s application (“app”) that was launched in March 2020:

(a) How many times has the app been downloaded and (b) how many housing applications have been received;

whether any of these housing applications have been approved; if so, what are the relevant details;

how many housing beneficiaries have updated their details on the Housing Needs Register through the app;

whether his Department has received any complaints regarding the app; if so, what are the relevant details?

 5 5 November 2021 11080

With regard to a review by the provincial government of property it holds under custodianship and with reference to potential housing opportunities:

    1. Whether his Department has completed a review of such properties for this purpose; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) how many properties have been considered in the review process;
    1. whether properties have been identified as being suitable for housing development; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) how many;
    1. whether his Department plans on transferring any identified properties to the Department of Human Settlements; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
 4 6 November 2021 11079

Whether her Department has made progress in the development of a Western Cape Government Gender-based Violence Response Plan; if so, what are the relevant details?

 3 5 November 2021 11078

 What measures have been put in place to provide nutritional support to vulnerable communities;

  1. whether these efforts were scaled up to meet the increased demand as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; if so, how many more beneficiaries were reached?

 

 2 5 November 2021 11077

With reference to support provided to school-based programmes in communities vulnerable to substance abuse:

  1. What are the details of these programmes in terms of (i) their objectives, (ii) their allocated resources and (iii) the support provided to residents, (b) what are the details of partnerships with other stakeholders, (c) how many individuals were beneficiaries of these programmes in the (i) 2020/21 financial year and (ii) 2021/22 financial year to date and (d)(i) how many such programmes are currently operational and (ii) where is each located?
 1 5 November 2021 11076

(1)    (a) Where are the offices of each of the Provincial Ministers situated, (b) how much is the rental fee per month, (c)(i) who owns the buildings and (ii) what are the details of all the shareholders;

(2)    whether any office space for the Provincial Ministers’ offices is rented from private entities; if so, (a) what are the reasons for that and (b) why are they not renting office space in the Department’s own buildings?
 

 6 29 October 2021 11070

Where is the office of the Minister of Education situated, (b) how much is the rental fee per month, (c) who owns the building and (d) what are the details of all the shareholders?

 5 29 October 2021 11069

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