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Estimates of the Provincial Revenue and Expenditure (EPRE) %u2013 2025/26 Financial Year8.1 Programme 3: Parliamentary Services Objectives: To strengthen strategic management for the division%u2019s effectiveness, improve management, access and sharing of information, improve parliamentary support for an effective oversight function of the legislature; and improve parliamentary support for effective public education. The programme has seven sub-programmes, namely: %uf0b7 Research Services supports committees in exercising the oversight function, conducts impact assessments on socio-economic laws passed, secures information in the Legislature, and provides registry services and research services. %uf0b7 House Proceedings provide procedural and administrative services, assists the Legislature to conduct oversight effectively; ensures effective facilitation of sittings; and accommodates language representatively, protocol and international relations. %uf0b7 Committee Services facilitate law-making and provides oversight and professional, procedural and administrative support to parliamentary committees. %uf0b7 Legal Services provide effective, efficient and professional legal services in law-making, oversight and administration. %uf0b7 National Council of Provinces (NCOP) facilitates the NCOP liaison services. %uf0b7 Public Participation and Awareness profiles the institution, coordinates public participation and promotes public involvement as well as communication; and %uf0b7 Hansard and Language Services provide verbatim reports and language services. Table 13: Summary of departmental payments and estimates sub-programme: P3 %u2013 Parliament Business OutcomeMain appropriationAdjusted appropriationRevised estimateMedium-term estimates % change from 2024/25R thousand 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2025/26 2026/27 2027/281. Research Serv ices 28 066 28 747 31 423 40 082 40 082 40 082 30 603 30 689 32 070 (23,6)2. House proceedings 5 563 7 515 8 221 8 085 8 585 9 380 8 276 7 611 8 936 (11,8)3. Committee Serv ices 39 484 47 026 54 641 53 114 57 714 56 919 68 911 70 462 68 948 21,14. Legal Serv ices 5 883 6 709 12 564 11 721 11 221 11 221 13 792 12 063 12 606 22,95. National Council of Prov inces (NCOP) 4 114 3 496 4 217 5 707 5 707 5 707 7 664 11 425 11 939 34,36. Public Participation and Aw areness 16 186 20 296 22 568 29 506 34 556 34 556 29 145 37 413 42 320 (15,7)7. Hansard and Language Serv ices 6 106 5 545 6 629 9 359 9 359 9 359 7 565 7 913 8 269 (19,2)Total payments and estimates 105 402 119 334 140 263 157 574 167 224 167 224 165 956 177 576 185 088 (0,8)2024/25 Table 13 above provides a summary of payments and estimates for Programme 3: Parliamentary Services from 2021/22 to 2027/28 financial years. Expenditure increased from R105.402 million in 2021/22 to a revised estimate of R167.224 million in 2024/25 financial year. However, 2025/26 shows a slight decrease of 0.8 per cent and subsequently picks up in the outer years. 155