Finance
(1) What is planned in the 2014/15 financial year with regard to the improvement of internal control over departments and biometric access control;
(2) (a) what was budgeted for in this regard, (b) how will this be spent, and (c) what has been done to date?
Cabinet has approved in the Western Cape Adjusted Estimates of Provincial Expenditure, 2013: Principles and Allocations, the Improvement of Internal Control in all provincial departments as one of its special projects.
The Directorate Organisational Design [OD] has since concluded its assessment on the establishment of Internal Control units in all departments.
We are in the process of approving the release of the transversal special project funds to the relevant votes in terms of Section 33 of the Public Finance Management Act, through the adjustments estimate process.
The financial implications on how this money will be spent is summarised below:
|
Department |
Additional Posts |
Additional Cost [2014] |
|
Education |
13 |
R4 819 860 |
|
DCAS |
4 |
R1 476 609 |
|
Community Safety |
3 |
R1 180 466 |
|
EADP |
7 |
R2 229 754 |
|
Human Settlements |
4 |
R1 184 572 |
|
DOTP |
9 |
R2 877 942 |
|
Provincial Treasury |
3 |
R 989 280 |
|
Local Government |
3 |
R1 180 466 |
|
DEDAT |
3 |
R1 045 182 |
|
Health |
8 |
R2 369 144 |
|
Total |
57 |
R 19 353 275 |
A business plan was drawn up and approved as well as the tender specifications for a biometric access control solution and vetted by the State Information Technology Agency [SITA]. Prior to proceeding with the formal tender process, this Province was informed that it had been approved as the “lead province” for the envisaged COTS solution [IFMS]. Due to this development, a decision was taken to put the biometric access control solution on hold until such time as the successful bidder for the COTS solution has been identified, to be able to determine whether the intended biometric access control solution is compatible to the COTS solution. At this stage, no formal budget has been allocated to this project.
