House of Commons
What House of Commons spent in fiscal year 2012-13: 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, 2012-13
Net spending, 2012-13
$430M
spent by House of Commons, less revenues it kept
Share, 2012-13
0.2%
of the net spending of every federal organization
How did House of Commons spend its budget in 2012-13?
By standard object. Revenues it kept are negative and netted against its spending. Transfer payments are broken into their largest named programs.
Spending by standard object, 2012-13
Personnel
Transportation and communications
Professional and special services
Acquisition of machinery and equipment
Rentals
Utilities, materials and supplies
Information
Repair and maintenance
Transfer payments
Other subsidies and payments
Internal revenues
External revenues
$329M
$41.9M
$15.6M
$13.4M
$10.6M
$7.2M
$6.4M
$5.8M
$870K
$59K
$18K
-$985K
Total: $430M.
Spending by program, 2012-13
The same net spending by program, as GC InfoBase reports program actuals: $430M in all. Select a program for its history, plans and results.
Workforce, 2012-13
Personnel spending
$329M
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.
Transfer payment programs, 2012-13
The grants, contributions and other transfers House of Commons paid, program by program: $870K in all, against $870K for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).
| Payments to parliamentary and procedural associationsPayments | Contribution | $870,013 |
| 1 programs | $870,013 | |
House of Commons’s share of federal net spending
Other organizations in Parliament
Sources
- Public Accounts of Canada 2013, Volume II: Ministerial expenditures by standard object (Table 3)
- Public Accounts of Canada 2013, Volume II: Transfer payments, by ministry
- 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.
