9. The Committee has previously pointed out to the Acting NDPP that responsibility for the Witness Protection programme, in fact, should not reside with the NPA but with the Department. The matter was also raised with both the Minister and Director-General. Although the NPA has indicated that it would welcome the relocation of this responsibility to the Department, the Minister indicated to the Committee that the cost of transferring the infrastructure is prohibitive and that the NPA is better placed to continue running the witness protection programme for now. However, the Minister assured the Committee that the Director-General, as accounting officer for the NPA, also accounts for the witness protection programme.