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Estimates of the Provincial Revenue and Expenditure (EPRE) %u2013 2025/26 Financial YearR101.387 million to R94.019 million due to funds that have been reprioritised for the refurbishment of Service Delivery Offices. Expenditure on transfers and subsidies decreased from R8.558 million in 2021/22 to a revised estimate of R8.262 million in 2024/25. In 2025/26, the budget for transfers and subsidies decreases by 5.5 per cent from R8.262 million to R7.810 million due to reclassification of payments to the Health Risk Manager from Households to Goods and Services. Expenditure on payments for capital assets increased from R27.222 million in 2021/22 to a revised estimate of R42.618 million in the 2024/25. In 2025/26, the budget increases by 42.8 per cent from R42.618 million to R60.878 million due to funds that have been reprioritised for the refurbishment of Service Delivery Offices. 8.2 Programme 2: Social Welfare Services Objectives: Provide integrated developmental social welfare services to the poor and vulnerable in partnership with stakeholders and civil society organisations. It consists of five sub-programmes, namely: Management and Support: Provide the payment of salaries and administration cost of the management and support staff providing services across all sub - programmes of this programme; Services to Older Persons: Design and implement integrated services for the care, support and protection of older persons; Services to Persons with Disabilities: Design and implement integrated programmes and provide services that facilitate the promotion of the well-being and the socio-economic empowerment of persons with disabilities; HIV and AIDS: Design and implement integrated community - based care programmes and services aimed at mitigating the social and economic impact of HIV and Aids; and Social Relief: To respond to emergency needs identified in communities affected by disasters not declared, and or any other social condition resulting in undue hardship. Table 13: Summary of departmental payments and estimates sub-programme: P2 %u2013Social Welfare Services Outcome Main appropriationAdjusted appropriation Revised estimate Medium-term estimates % change from 2024/25R thousand 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2025/26 2026/27 2027/281. Management and Support 308 082 336 388 339 807 333 132 333 132 333 132 326 141 335 851 350 966 (2.1)2. Services to Older Persons 212 552 204 975 215 027 220 916 220 556 220 556 227 651 235 191 245 779 3.23. Services to Persons with Disabilities 89 160 88 154 88 539 92 468 92 468 92 468 97 951 101 469 106 035 5.94. HIV and AIDS 146 455 150 348 159 213 174 622 174 622 174 622 182 224 188 982 190 015 4.45. Social Relief 62 787 106 892 71 179 96 940 96 940 96 940 101 019 104 316 109 012 4.2Total payments and estimates 819 036 886 757 873 765 918 078 917 718 917 718 934 986 965 809 1 001 807 1.92024/25Table 13 above reflects the summary of payments and budget estimates for Programme 2 per subprogramme. Expenditure increased from R886.757 million in 2021/22 to a revised estimate of R917.718 million in 2024/25. In 2025/26, the budget increases by 1.9 per cent from R917.718 million to R934.986 million due to additional funding for the 2025 wage agreement while some of the funds have been reprioritised for the refurbishment of Service Delivery Offices. 259