Government Operations committee  Off the top of my head, it's from our RPP.

Government Operations committee  You're talking about the same year, 2011-12?

Government Operations committee  I can tell you that we did know about SCC, the Standards Council of Canada, the transfer. We did know about the Afghanistan task force, that that was going to sunset. For the strategic review, we put in our amounts last year, so we knew those amounts. For security-related initiatives, yes, we knew at that time that our reference levels would be reduced.

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  You mean the Official Languages Commissioner's budget? This is not a budget that is administered by the Privy Council Office. We only deal with vote 1c.

Government Operations committee  It is important to note that the Privy Council Office supports several temporary initiatives. For example, we were talking about commissions of inquiry; we have conducted several on a regular basis over the past few years. I would say that this represents an average of approximately $12 to $15 million per year over the past few years.

Government Operations committee  That is correct.

Government Operations committee  That is correct. That is why quite often, we are granted funds for these purposes under the supplementary estimates. Quite often, these initiatives arise over the course of the year. We therefore have to be able to react quickly and establish their entitlement.

Government Operations committee  Let us look at the published expenditures of the Prime Minister's Office for last year. Approximately $9 million were in the public accounts; therefore $500,000 represents a little more than 5% of the $9 million we are talking about.

Government Operations committee  Yes, we could provide that information.

Government Operations committee  No, at this point we keep that information internally. We provide that information when we do the departmental performance report at the end of the year. We report the information by program activity at that point.

Government Operations committee  Basically, since the ministers' offices had been reduced with a separate exercise that had been done prior to the strategic review, it would have been similar to a second cut to the ministers' budgets, so we were credited that amount for our strategic review.

Government Operations committee  Yes, we are able to provide information per program activity. We do this on a regular basis.

Government Operations committee  We operate in accordance with the Treasury Board Secretariat guidelines. We use a modified cash accounting system. In addition, at the end of the year we produce accrued financial statements.

Government Operations committee  Thank you for your question. Basically, the amount you see, the $167 million in the supplementary (C)s, is the total of all the new appropriations we have received. It includes supplementary estimates (B)—