Finance and Economic Opportunities
Question by:
Hon Nobulumko Nkondlo
Answered by:
Hon David Maynier
Question Number:
21
Question Body:
With regard to the provincial government’s plans to procure a COVID-19 vaccine:
- (a) What is the total estimated budget for the procurement of a COVID-19 vaccine and (b) how will the province raise the funds for the vaccine;
- whether there will be any cuts made to critical programmes in order to fund the vaccine procurement process; if so, what are the relevant details?
Answer Body:
- what are the relevant details?
- (a) The total budget allocated for COVID-19 vaccine procurement by the Western Cape Government is R75 million in the 2021/22 financial year, with further funding held in reserve.
(b) This is funded from provincial reserves.
2. No
Date:
Friday, March 5, 2021
