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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(a) What is the (i) number and (ii) details of the schools in the Western Cape that have been closed for deep cleaning since the phased-in return of learners up to the latest date for which information is available and (b) what is the (i) total amount and (ii) breakdown of the expenditure for the deep cleaning of schools in the Western Cape, including (aa) the details of the service providers and (bb) how much each service provider received? |
9 | 9 October 2020 | 10336 |
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With regard to the availability and distribution of title deeds to housing beneficiaries: (a) What is the number of active deeds offices in the province, (b) what is the operating procedure of any such offices when a COVID-19 case is confirmed on site and (c) what are the alternatives for beneficiaries to receive their deed certificates other than by the traditional route of physically attending the office |
4 | 24 July 2020 | 10335 |
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(1) What are the (a) granted number and (b) actual number of vehicles at the Beaufort West SAPS; |
3 | 24 July 2020 | 10334 |
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(a) What are the (i) granted number and (ii) actual number of (aa) South African Police Service Act personnel and (bb) Public Service Act personnel at the Beaufort West SAPS and (b) how many vacancies are there currently? |
2 | 24 July 2020 | 10333 |
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With regard to increased incidents of human trafficking:
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8 | 9 October 2020 | 10331 |
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What are the details of the investigations being conducted by various state organs in connection with (i) the Western Cape provincial government, (ii) Western Cape municipalities and (iii) officials of the provincial government and municipalities and (b) what are the updates on each of these investigations? |
7 | 9 October 2020 | 10330 |
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With regard to the funding, recruitment, training and deployment of investigators as part of the Western Cape Safety Plan:
(a) What progress has been made with regard to the funding, recruitment, training and deployment of these investigators, (b) what is the breakdown of the expenditure for the recruitment, training and deployment of these investigators from September 2019 to September 2020, (c) how many investigators have been (i) recruited, (ii) trained and (iii) deployed to date and (d)(i) who is providing the training and (ii) what are the focus areas of this training? |
6 | 9 October 2020 | 10329 |
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(1) Whether independent schools are allowed to withhold academic reports and/or other documents of learners who owe school fees; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(2) whether there has (sic) been any cases of independent schools withholding documents of learners owing fees; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) how does her Department intervene in such cases; (3) with regard to the case of a learner at the Junior College who has been out of school for several months and the school’s refusing to give the parents the academic report, (a) what steps did her Department take after the case was reported and (b) what steps is she going to take to assist the learner whose right to education is being infringed upon; (4) whether she would institute an investigation into independent schools’ possible practice of withholding important documents from learners who owe fees; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? |
5 | 9 October 2020 | 10328 |
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With reference to social workers at schools in the province:
(1) What is the (a) total number of social workers who have been recruited by her Department and who are currently employed (i) in each school district and (ii) at each school and (b) ratio of social workers to learners (i) in each school district and (ii) at each school;
(2) what (a) is the total number of social workers who are employed by the Province (i) on a permanent basis, (ii) on a fixed-term and/or (iii) on a temporary contract, (b) is the total number of social worker vacancies in the province and (c) are the reasons for these positions still being vacant;
(3) what is the current case load of each social worker employed by the Province? |
4 | 9 October 2020 | 10327 |
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3 | 9 October 2020 | 10326 |
