Public Accounts committee  If you were to look at last year's public accounts, generally the reasoning behind the payments made to inmates was that there could be prejudice, which could jeopardize the safe transition of inmates back into the public. So for one reason or another, the department has requested that we withhold the specific name but the amount of the payment and the nature of the payment are still disclosed in the public accounts.

Public Accounts committee  Each award is specifically identified.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Chair. Just as a quick preamble, included in public accounts disclosures, we disclose ex gratia payments of over $100 and of under $100 in aggregate. We also disclose payments of claims against the crown of over $1,000, and in aggregate of below $1,000. The third item is court awards, and all of those are actually disclosed.

Public Accounts committee  I am Suzie Gignac. I'm in government accounting policy and reporting at the Office of the Comptroller General, Treasury Board.