This paper has been prepared for the International Budget Partnership (IBP) following discussions on questions that were put forward by Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the public basic education space about what budget and expenditure information is available on the public basic (school) education function in South Africa. This document provides responses to specific information requests put forward by different CSOs, indicating where information can be found (where publicly available) or who in government is likely to be able to provide the information. If the information is not available, suggestions are made as to what might be done to improve the collection of expenditure data so that the information would become available in future.