Question 2526
Mrs H Lamoela (DA) to ask the Minister of Social Development:
(1)What is the current bed capacity of (a) government-run and (b) non-governmental organisation-run child and youth care centres in each province;
(2)whether she has found that there is a sufficient number of beds in child and youth care centres in each province; if not, how many beds are needed in each province; if so, what are the relevant details;
(3) What is the (a) breakdow of the fund allocation scale for bed capacity for (i) Government-run and (ii) NGO-run child and youth care centres and (b) monthly amount allocated per child to (i) government-run and (ii) NGO-run child and youth care centres?
Reply:
(1) For the purpose of this reply it is important to note that a child and youth care centre has been defined in the Children’s Act No 38 of 2005 as a facility for the provision of residential care to more than six children outside the child’s environment in accordance with an accredited residential care programme and this includes children’s homes, temporary places of safe care, shelters, secure care facilities schools of industry and reform school.
The tables below illustrate the current bed capacity of both government-run and non-governmental child and youth care centres per province.
(a) Bed capacity for government children’s homes.
| Province | Quantity | Capacity |
| Eastern Cape | None | None |
| Free State | 2 | 215 |
| Gauteng | 1 | 200 |
| Kwa-Zulu Natal | None | None |
| Limpopo | 3 | 200 |
| Mpumalanga | 0 | None |
| Northern Cape | None | None |
| North West | 1 | 36 |
| Western Cape | None | None |
| Total | 7 | 651 |
(a) Bed capacity for government run places of temporary safe care.
| Province | Quantity | Capacity |
| Eastern Cape | 3 | 250 |
| Free State | None | none |
| Gauteng | 7 | 620 |
| Kwa-Zulu Natal | 5 | 395 |
| Limpopo | 2 | 198 |
| Mpumalanga | none | none |
| Northern Cape | 1 | 65 |
| North West | none | none |
| Western Cape | 5 | 190 |
| Total | 23 | 1718 |
(a) Bed capacity government run shelters.
| Province | Quantity | Capacity |
| Eastern Cape | None | None |
| Free State | None | None |
| Gauteng | None | None |
| Kwa-Zulu Natal | None | None |
| Limpopo | None | None |
| Mpumalanga | None | None |
| Northern Cape | None | None |
| North West | None | None |
| Western Cape | None | none |
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(a) The bed capacity of government-run secure care facilities.
| Province | Quantity | Capacity |
| Eastern Cape | 1 | 60 |
| Free State | 2 | 90 |
| Gauteng | 1 | 120 |
| Mpumalanga | 1 | 60 |
| North West | 2 | 86 |
| Northern cape | 3 | 175 |
| Kwa Zulu Natal | 5 | 186 |
| Western Cape | 4 | 342 |
| Total | 20 | 1239 |
For the purpose of this reply it is important to note that the facilities; schools of industry and reform schools are still under the management of the department of basic education and according to the act, these are regarded as child and youth care centres. Allocated budget is from the Department of Basic Education. It is important to note that there are no non-government run schools of industry and reforms schools.
(a) Bed capacity for schools of industry.
| Province | Quantity | Capacity |
| Eastern Cape | 1 | 150 |
| Free State | 2 | 160 |
| Gauteng | 2 | 180 |
| Kwa-Zulu Natal | 3 | 110 |
| Mpumalanga | 3 | 160 |
| North West | 1 | 108 |
| Western Cape | 1 | 120 |
| Total | 13 | 988 |
(a) Bed capacity for reform schools
| Province | Quantity | Capacity |
| Eastern Cape | None | None |
| Free State | None | None |
| Gauteng | None | None |
| Kwa-Zulu Natal | 1 | 30 |
| Limpopo | None | None |
| Mpumalanga | 1 | 160 |
| Northern Cape | None | None |
| North West | none | None |
| Western Cape | 1 | 120 |
| Total | 3 | 310 |
(b) Bed capacity for Non government-run Children’s homes.
| Province | Quantity | Capacity |
| Eastern Cape | 24 | 1811 |
| Free State | 31 | 718 |
| Gauteng | 67 | 3392 |
| Kwa-Zulu Natal | 46 | 3221 |
| Limpopo | 10 | 587 |
| Mpumalanga | 11 | 764 |
| Northern Cape | 8 | 582 |
| North West | 3 | 480 |
| Western Cape | 36 | 1978 |
| Total | 236 | 1353 |
(b) Bed capacity for non government-run places of safe care.
| Province | Quantity | Capacity |
| Eastern Cape | none | none |
| Free State | 14 | 422 |
| Gauteng | none | none |
| Kwa-Zulu Natal | none | none |
| Limpopo | 1 | 20 |
| Mpumalanga | 6 | 147 |
| Northern Cape | none | none |
| North West | none | none |
| Western Cape | none | none |
| Total | 21 | 589 |
(b)Bed capacity for non-government-run shelters
| Province | Quantity | Capacity |
| Eastern Cape | 11 | 370 |
| Free State | 3 | 82 |
| Gauteng | 15 | 700 |
| Kwa-Zulu Natal | 7 | 290 |
| Limpopo | 4 | 126 |
| Mpumalanga | 4 | 91 |
| Northern Cape | 1 | 99 |
| North West | 4 | 160 |
| Western Cape | 5 | 206 |
| Total | 54 | 2124 |
(b) The bed capacity for non-government-run Secure Care Facilities
| Province | Quantity | Capacity |
| Eastern cape | 1 | 50 |
| Gauteng | 1 | 450 |
| North Cape | 2 | 102 |
| North West | 2 | 96 |
| Western Cape | 2 | 255 |
| Limpopo | 2 | 190 |
| Total | 10 | 1143 |
(2) In terms of sufficient number of beds in the child and youth care centres there is no recent information available we are still updating our database with the provinces.
(3) In terms of budget breakdown and monthly allocations, this is a provincial competency since budgets are appropriated by their respective provincial legislatures. It is therefore suggested that such information be sourced through the provincial legislatures.
