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 shelters for homeless people in the City of Cape Town:

(a)    What is the total funding that the provincial government invests in shelters for homeless people in the City of Cape Town and (b) what amount is allocated to each shelter?
 

7 24 July 2020 10346

How many pregnant learners, per education district in the province, were reported to her Department in (a) 2018, (b) 2019 and (c) 2020 to date?

8 11 September 2020 10345

With regard to the Western Cape Government offices and other facilities:

(a)    What square meterage of office space does the Western Cape Government lease for its use in the City of Cape Town (metropolitan area) and (b) what is the nett rental paid for this leased office space?
 

6 24 July 2020 10344

 

  1. How many schools have applied to be placed in a lower quintile during the (i) 2019/20 and (ii) 2020/21 financial year to date, (b) how many were successful in each year and (c) for those schools that were unsuccessful, what were the reasons?
7 11 September 2020 10343

Whether the process has been completed for the recruiting of teaching assistants in the Western Cape; if so, (a) how many assistants have been recruited and (b) how long will these assistant be employed?

6 11 September 2020 10342

a.What is the status of the Tygerberg Hospital upgrade project, (b) what is the expected date of completion and (c) what are the aims of this project?

5 11 September 2020 10341

With regard to the acoustic technology for violence detection and reduction (ShotSpotter) currently being used on the Cape Flats:

  1. When was this technology first implemented, (b) how many people have been arrested as a direct result of this technology, (c) how many people have been convicted as a result of this technology and (d) what has been the total cost of this technology since its inception?
4 11 September 2020 10340

With reference to the Public Participation Fund of the Speaker of the Beaufort West Municipality:

(a) What were the allocated fund for the (i) 2014/15, (ii) 2015/16, (iii) 2016/17, (iv) 2017/18 and (v) 2018/19 financial years, (b) what were the (i) activities for each of the financial years and (ii) cost per activity and (c) what is the net amount available in the this fund as at 2 October 2019?

3 11 October 2019 10339

With reference to the Heritage Day event hosted by the Beaufort West Municipality on 24 September 2019:

1. (a) What are the names of all the service providers that were contracted by the Municipality for this event, (b) what was the total cost paid by the Municipality to each service provider and (c) what are the names of the directors, board members and owners of these service providers;

2. in line with the process of supply chain management, whether the names of all the service providers that submitted quotations to deliver the required services for this event can be made available; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details

3. whether a copy of the programme, including the names of all the guest speakers, can be made available; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

2 11 October 2019 10338

With regard to decisions issued by his Department during the month of September 2020 following applications for listed activities under the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act 107 of 1998):

  1. How many applications were received, (b) how many decisions were issued, (c) of those, how many decisions were essentially the granting of all the rights that were applied for, (d) what was the average period that lapsed between the receipt of the application or the final submission of outstanding evidence or paperwork, where applicable, to the date on which the decision was issued, (e) how has the backlog in the consideration of said applications been affected by the regulations related to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and (f) what are the plans to achieve shorter turnaround times?
10 9 October 2020 10337

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