House of Commons
What House of Commons spent in fiscal year 2011-12: its net expenditure by standard object, from the Public Accounts of Canada, Volume II.
Reports through Parliament; the overview shows it in that ministry.
Spending, 2011-12
Net spending, 2011-12
$427M
spent by House of Commons, less revenues it kept
Share, 2011-12
0.2%
of the net spending of every federal organization
How did House of Commons spend its budget in 2011-12?
By standard object. Revenues it kept are negative and netted against its spending.
Spending by standard object, 2011-12
Personnel
Transportation and communications
Professional and special services
Rentals
Acquisition of machinery and equipment
Utilities, materials and supplies
Repair and maintenance
Information
Transfer payments
Other subsidies and payments
Internal revenues
External revenues
$324M
$44.7M
$17.5M
$10.7M
$10.6M
$6.8M
$6.6M
$6M
$886K
$313K
$13K
-$775K
Total: $427M.
Spending by program, 2011-12
The same net spending by program, as GC InfoBase reports program actuals: $427M in all. Select a program for its history, plans and results.
Workforce, 2011-12
Personnel spending
$324M
salaries, wages and benefits (the personnel standard object)
A full-time equivalent is a measure of employment, not a headcount: two half-time employees are one FTE. Personnel spending includes benefits and pension contributions, so per FTE it is not an average salary.
House of Commons’s share of federal net spending
Other organizations in Parliament
Sources
- Public Accounts of Canada 2012, Volume II: Ministerial expenditures by standard object (Table 3)
- GC InfoBase – Federal Programs – Actual and Planned Spending (programs_spending.csv)
Department figures are net expenditure (Public Accounts, Volume II), which doesn’t add up to the accrual expenses of the overview’s headline. See the methodology.
