1. Department of Justice and Constitutional Development Unaudited 2007/08 Budget And Expenditure Status
31 March 2008

2. 2007/08 Expenditure Outcome 2007/08 2006/07
2007/ /07
Final Budget 7,538,667 6,478,647
Less
Expenditure 7,368,475 6,006,254
Balance , ,393
Percentage Expenditure ,7% ,7%

3. Expenditure per Economic Classification: DOJCD

4. Expenditure Year on year comparison
Major Payments in February
Quarterly Payments to DPW for property related expenditure
Transfer payments to chapter nine and property management expenditure
IT Licence renewal expenditure
IMPACT OF FOLLOWING ALL OUTSTANDING PAYMENTS TO PREVENT MARCH SPIKE
892 MILLION IS THE PROJECTED EXPENDITURE FOR MARCH 2008

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6. Expenditure per Branch

7. Regional Expenditure

8. Major Achievements
Improved departmental spending – expenditure increased from 92,7 % in 2006/07 to 97,7 in 2007/08
Under spending decreased with R302 million from R472 million in 2006/07 to R170 million in 2007/08
Spending on compensation of employees at 99,4 per cent of parliamentary approved budget
Goods and services spending at 99,4 %
Early reprioritisation effected to fund scanners (R36million), CCTV Interface for children courts (R25 million), funding of LAB (R16,8 Case backlog project) – August and November 2007
March spending as a percentage of total spending down from 16 % in previous years to 13% in 2007/08

9. Medium Term: Spending pressures
Enhancing and accelerating capital expenditure – a number of capital works projects will be finalised during the first quarter of the new financial year.
Roll over application and approval by National Treasury. The department will submit a roll over application for capital works projects in process and standby generators.
Impact of salary agreements (OSD for legally qualified personnel) – most probably approach parliament for additional appropriation in August 2008.
Personnel recruitment – approved but not funded positions – DOJ Funding new courts with no concurrent additional allocations for personnel and operational expenditure.