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What Senate spent in fiscal year 2014-15: its net expenditure by standard object, from the Public Accounts of Canada, Volume II.

Spending, 2014-15

Net spending, 2014-15

$85.4M

spent by Senate, less revenues it kept

Share, 2014-15

0.0%

of the net spending of every federal organization

How did Senate spend its budget in 2014-15?

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, 2014-15

Personnel

Transportation and communications

Acquisition of machinery and equipment

Professional and special services

Other subsidies and payments

Rentals

Utilities, materials and supplies

Repair and maintenance

Information

Transfer payments

$67.9M

$7.4M

$2.6M

$2.4M

$1.6M

$1M

$705K

$631K

$610K

$468K

Total: $85.4M.

Spending by program, 2014-15

The same net spending by program, as GC InfoBase reports program actuals: $85.4M in all. Select a program for its history, plans and results.

Workforce, 2014-15

Personnel spending

$67.9M

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, 2014-15

The grants, contributions and other transfers Senate paid, program by program: $469K in all, against $468K for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).

Contributions to Parliamentary AssociationsPaymentsContribution$421,775
Pensions to Retired SenatorsPaymentsGrant$46,913
2 programs$468,688

Senate’s share of federal net spending