Department of Agriculture & Environmental Affairs (Vote 3) – Resolution 11/2004: Unauthorised expenditure
Noting: Item 4.2 of the report of the Auditor-General, which states that the total actual expenditure of programme 1 exceeded the budgeted expenditure by R1 159 000, and that this unauthorized expenditure was not reflected in the income statement, balance sheet or notes to the financial statements;
The House resolves:
1. That the Accounting Officer of the Department of Agriculture report to the Public Accounts Committee by 30 November 2004 on:
(a) the write off of losses amounting to R2 255 000 to Programme 1 (Administration) and the resultant overspending of that programme by R1 159 000; and
(b) the reasons for the unauthorized expenditure not appearing on the income statement, balance sheet or notes to the financial statement.
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