Mr. Robert Watt:

No, now I am the Accounting Officer for the administration and activities of PeoplePoint and I am responsible for the service we provide to Accounting Officers in each of the Departments. There is only Accounting Officer for each quantum of spending; there are not two. It is a little more complex. Large organisations in the private sector and other public sectors across the developed world have moved in this direction of consolidating services for a number of reasons: first to save money but, second, to improve the information provided to managers so that we can have a whole-of-government approach to, and perspective on, what we are doing. That is part of our move towards a more unified Civil Service. This is absolutely essential. There are some bumps and challenges along the way and ensuring we have the proper accountability mechanisms is one of those challenges but we are confident that it will be fine. I know the Comptroller and Auditor General is doing a review as part of the review of the 2013 accounts and we will be happy to work with his team on that.