Government Operations committee  The ongoing savings from winding down severance are $500 million annually. Each and every year, the government will save $500 million.

Government Operations committee  As I said, there are seven votes in total, only one of which is for the Treasury Board Secretariat per se. My colleague Renée Lafontaine is the chief financial officer and will administer that vote on behalf of the department. In vote 1, program expenditures, we are seeing a request for $219.6 million.

Government Operations committee  It went from $231.2 million last year to $219.6 million this year.

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. The amounts are set out in the main estimates but I do not have the exact details of the projects in hand. This is a question you should put to the representatives of the department.

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  I thank you for your question, but I do not have the—

Government Operations committee  I don't have the exact details, especially regarding the number of police officers deployed at this time. What I can say is that the funding requested in supplementary estimates (C) is for continuation of the global peace and security fund and the stabilization and reconstruction task force that was created in 2005.

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, if I may, how much time do I have for answers, so I'll follow the clock?

Government Operations committee  Okay, I will manage my time accordingly.

Government Operations committee  That is my understanding of what he said, yes.

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  That was the number he used, yes.

Government Operations committee  I'll just pull up that table. If I can direct members to a table here in the document, on page I-6 of the main estimates, transfers to persons will total $82.6 billion in fiscal year 2015-16, compared to $75.3 billion at this time this year.

Government Operations committee  This is for elderly benefits, employment insurance, other children's benefits, and the universal child care benefit.

Government Operations committee  Yes, it is.