Program directory · House of Commons
Members and House Officers
- Department
- House of Commons
- Program code
- BST00 (HC)
- In Departmental Plans
- Not in a Departmental Plan · actual spending 2018-19 – 2024-25
What it does
Members assume the roles of legislators and elected representatives of their constituency. In their constituencies, Members participate in events and activities and hold discussions with constituents about their concerns. In the Chamber, Members participate in debates and study and vote on legislation. Members sit on standing committees and special or joint committees since the House of Commons delegates the in-depth consideration of bills and the thorough scrutiny of the governments programs and policies to its committees. Members also participate in parliamentary associations and interparliamentary groups, and are members of delegations for parliamentary exchanges. Finally, in caucus, Members develop strategy, discuss policy and examine important issues with fellow party Members, and direct the work of their party research office. House Officers are Members elected or appointed to positions within the national caucus of a recognized party who carry additional parliamentary functions.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).
| Program | Relation | Years with data | Actual spending over those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Members and House Officers | This program | 2018-19 – 2024-25 | $2.32B |
No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.
Significant changes in scope and budget
Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | Spending $401M, against $292M in 2019-20 (+37%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Spending $289M, against $401M in 2020-21 (−28%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
Success criteria
Neither this program nor its core responsibility has results indicators in GC InfoBase (internal services, for example, have none).
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | — | $286M |
| 2019-20 | — | $292M |
| 2020-21 | — | $401M |
| 2021-22 | — | $289M |
| 2022-23 | — | $317M |
| 2023-24 | — | $371M |
| 2024-25 | — | $362M |
Employees (FTEs)
Planned spending, plan by plan
Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans
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Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
