Premier

Question by: 
Hon Pat Lekker
Answered by: 
Hon Alan Winde
Question Number: 
5
Question Body: 
  1. Whether the fifth administration bought any new cars for the Members of the Executive Authority; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
  1. (a) what is the mileage of all the vehicles used by the Members of the Executive Authority for the latest date for which information is available, (b) what is the disposal policy of the vehicles and (c) at what mileage are they considered to have reached the end of their lifespan;
  1. whether the sixth administration has any plans to purchase new vehicles for Members of the Executive Authority; if so, what are the relevant details?

 

Answer Body: 
  1. Whether the fifth administration bought any new cars for the Members of the Executive Authority; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

During the fifth Administration, the following new cars were bought and allocated to departments for use by Members of the Executive Council in line with GMT policies and within Cabinet-agreed limitations. The Departments of the Premier and of Transport and Public Works were allocated previously-used vehicles from the GMT pool.

CLIENT DEPARTMENT

VEHICLE MAKE AND MODEL

MODEL

ALLOCATION DATE

Education

Audi Q7 3.0 Tdi

2015

22/07/2015

Health

Mercedes Benz ML250

2014

01/10/2014

Environmental Affairs & Development Planning

Mercedes Benz ML250

2014

23/09/2014

Community Safety

BMW 535

2015

01/05/2016

Agriculture

VW Touareg 3.6 V6 FSI

2015

17/12/2015

Finance and Economic Opportunities

VW Touareg 3.0 V6 TDI

2015

12/10/2015

Human Settlements

Audi Q7

2015

23/05/2019

Social Development

BMW X 3

2017

22/03/2017

Cultural Affairs and Sport

Audi Q7 3.0 Tdi

2015

02/07/2015

  1. (a) what is the mileage of all the vehicles used by the Members of the Executive Authority for the latest date for which information is available, (b) what is the disposal policy of the vehicles and (c) at what mileage are they considered to have reached the end of their lifespan;

The following vehicles are currently allocated to Members of the Executive Committee.

 

MEC

VEHICLE MAKE

MODEL

CURRENT KM

PREMIER

VW Touareg 3.6 V6 FSI

2015

142532

EDUCATION

Audi Q7 3.0 TDI

2015

128805

HEALTH

BMW X5

2016

87897

ENV. AFFAIRS AND DEV. PLANNING

Audi Q7

2017

96688

COMMUNITY SAFETY

Jeep Grand Cherokee

2017

89138

AGRICULTURE

VW Touareg 3.0 V6 TDI

2015

174728

FINANCE AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES

Toyota Fortuner 2.8 4X4

2018

27685

HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

BMW X5

2017

53598

TRANSPORT & PUBLIC WORKS

Audi Q7 3.0 TDI

2017

108852

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

BMW X5

2016

82544

CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND SPORT

Audi Q7 3.0 TDI

2015

192411

 

(b)    The vehicles are purchased by GMT in line with policies as per Chapter 6, paragraph 1.4.1 of the WC Ministerial Handbook, GMT will be responsible for the replacement of a vehicle when the current vehicle has reached 175 000 km or 4 years, whichever comes first.  Once withdrawn from service, vehicles are sold via online auctions.

(c)     175 000 km

  1. whether the sixth administration has any plans to purchase new vehicles for Members of the Executive Authority; if so, what are the relevant details?

No new vehicles have been procured in the sixth administration. GMT will procure vehicles for allocation to departments as the currently allocated vehicles reach the end of their useful lives as described in 2(b) above. 

Date: 
Friday, March 6, 2020
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