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National Council of Provinces (NCOP) - Minister's responses to Questions

	Reply to PQ 18: Whether the National Treasury has any (a) plans and/or (b) intentions to nationalise the SA Reserve Bank; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (i) what (aa) plans and/or (bb) intentions and (ii) what are the further relevant details?	(57kb)
	Reply to PQ 26: (1) How much has been collected by the National Treasury since the introduction of the Health Promotion Levy in 2018;...?	(65kb)
	Reply to PQ 31: How many municipalities that entered into payment agreements with Eskom have defaulted in each province?	(118kb)
	Reply to PQ 32: With reference to the tabling of the Approval of Municipal Budgets for the 2020-21 Medium Term Revenue and Expenditure Framework as published in ATC 186-2020 dated 11 December 2020, how many of the approved budgets are unfunded (a) in total and (b) in each province;...?	(87kb)
	Reply to PQ 53: Whether there has been any decrease in the number of taxpayers in the top three tax brackets in the 2019/20 tax year; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) how much did the taxpayers in the said tax brackets contribute to the total government revenue ...?	(267kb)
	Reply to PQ 57: Why the big increase in this year’s Budget allocation to the Treasury compared to almost all other departments, which have had decreases (details furnished);...?	(117kb)
	Reply to PQ 58: With reference to the amount that has been allocated to the Contingency Reserve Fund (details furnished), what entities are likely to be assisted from it this year?	(18kb)
	Reply to PQ 59: With reference to the statement he reiterated again this year, that we cannot afford to make any financial mistakes, what will be the effects from any possible further downgrades by rating agencies to the country’s economy;...?	(121kb)
	Reply to PQ 60: Whether, considering that we have a Budget deficit (details furnished) and there is no room for any mistakes, there are any possible further allocations that will be given to state-owned enterprises in this financial year; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?	(112kb)
	Reply to PQ 65: What actions is the Government taking to (a) reverse the lack of growth despite increased government spending (details furnished) and (b) ensure that expenditure from the fiscus contributes positively towards stimulating growth in the economy?	(141kb)
	Reply to PQ 66: Why is the South African economy not projected to rebound as strongly as those of other developing countries such as China, India and some in the Southern African Development Community region?	(127kb)
	Reply to PQ 67: What (a) measures is the Government planning to implement to address the extreme levels of poverty, hunger and destitution in the country and (b) further measures have been put in place to address the ...?	(662kb)
	Reply to PQ 88: Whether the improvements of audit outcomes in North West have contributed to the betterment of service delivery; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?	(348kb)
	Reply to PQ 112: With reference to page 82 in the Budget Review 2021 document (details furnished) regarding borrowing costs, what was the (a) actual annual interest rate per line item for 2019/20 and (b) what is the (i) current annual interest rate per line item for 2021/22 and (ii)...?	(104kb)
	Reply to PQ 151: Whether the National Treasury has implemented any measures to improve spending in the metropolitan municipalities that have underspent on allocated grants from the national Government; if not, why not; if so, (a) what measures and (b) what are the further relevant details?	(292kb)
	Reply to PQ 172: (a) How will he intervene to see to it that finances are not further mismanaged in the Northern Cape (details furnished) and (b) what interventions will be instituted to stop the continued deterioration of the Department of Finance in the province?	(26kb)
	Reply to PQ 175: What proportion of total revenue was made up by (a) equitable share, (b) conditional grants and (c) own revenue collection in each municipality in Gauteng, according to the latest audited figures?	(100kb)
	Reply to PQ 176: What proportion of total revenue was made up by (a) equitable share, (b) conditional grants and (c) own revenue collection in each municipality in South Africa, according to the latest audited figures?	(175kb)