NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

QUESTION 334 /2014

FOR WRITTEN REPLY

Date of publication on internal question paper: 14 March 2014

Internal question paper no: 06

334. Mr M Waters (DA) to ask the Minister of Social Development:

(1) How many persons have been removed from the social grant database since the commencement of the re-registration process;

(2) (a) how many of these persons were found to be fraudulent and (b) how many have been charged? NW387E

Reply:

(1)  A total of 1,015,489 social grants have been removed from the SOCPEN system since the commencement of the re-registration process, factual verifications of the re-registration back office process is still being done before the files are to be sent to Fraud Management and Compliance Unit.

(2)  (a) None.

(b) No person has been charged yet pending the finalization of the verification process referred to in (1) above.

Issued by Parliament, April 3 2014

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