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Date: Aug. 23, 2018, 2:33 p.m.
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Date: 2018-08-29 10:38:10.000000
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Date: 2018-08-30 17:32:34.000000
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Published by Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD) on Aug. 23, 2018.
Requested from DSWD by A. Mercado at 02:33 PM on
Aug. 23, 2018.
Purpose: To provide us the necessary information for the conduct of our monitoring of the UCT under TRAIN
Date of Coverage: 01/01/2018 - 08/23/2018
Tracking no: #DSWD-898841595132
Please refer to the letter attached for more information on the request. Thanks!
August 29, 2018 Dear Arjay, Thank you for your request dated Aug 23, 2018 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Re: Request for documents re: monitoring of Unconditional Cash Transfers mandated by TRAIN. We received your request on Aug 23, 2018 and will respond on or before Sep 13, 2018 02:33:51 PM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations. Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHgsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEURTV0QtODk4ODQxNTk1MTMyDA, for request with ticket number #DSWD-898841595132. Thank you. Respectfully, Myrna Reyes FOI Officer
30 August 2018 Dear Mr. Mercado, You requested for the following data: (1) 2018 DSWD budget and its details; (2) 2018 DSWD budget items and amounts sourced from the TRAIN Law earmarked revenue [as per Section 82 (2) (c); (3) List of projects and programs, amounts and beneficiaries for which or whom budget above is allocated, and the unit/agency responsible for monitoring them; and, (4) Line items for the 2019 DSWD Budget in response to Section 82 of the TRAIN Law, specifically the following clause: “Unconditional cash transfer to households in the first to seventh income deciles of the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR), Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, and the social pension program for a period of three (3) years from the effectivity of this Act.” Unfortunately, the DSWD is constrained to deny your request for the following reasons: (1) The 2018 DSWD budget and its details are already available on the DBM website, specifically at https://www.dbm.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/GAA/GAA2018/VolumeI/DSWD/A.pdf (2) and (3) The TRAIN Law took effect only this year. Therefore, the revenue arising from the TRAIN Law this year will be reflected only in next year’s budget. Hence, to our knowledge, no item in the DSWD budget, and no DSWD project or program, is “sourced from the TRAIN Law earmarked revenue”. (4) The budget of the DSWD for the year 2019 has not yet been approved. Very truly yours, Carlo Florendo C. Castro FOI Decision Maker