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What Senate spent in fiscal year 2015-16: its net expenditure by standard object, from the Public Accounts of Canada, Volume II.

Spending, 2015-16

Net spending, 2015-16

$74.6M

spent by Senate, less revenues it kept

Share, 2015-16

0.0%

of the net spending of every federal organization

How did Senate spend its budget in 2015-16?

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, 2015-16

Personnel

Transportation and communications

Professional and special services

Acquisition of machinery and equipment

Rentals

Repair and maintenance

Utilities, materials and supplies

Information

Transfer payments

Other subsidies and payments

$61.2M

$5.4M

$2.9M

$1.5M

$1.4M

$591K

$566K

$531K

$466K

$7K

Total: $74.6M.

Spending by program, 2015-16

The same net spending by program, as GC InfoBase reports program actuals: $74.6M in all. Select a program for its history, plans and results.

Workforce, 2015-16

Personnel spending

$61.2M

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, 2015-16

The grants, contributions and other transfers Senate paid, program by program: $466K in all, against $466K for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).

Contributions to Parliamentary AssociationsPaymentsContribution$418,679
Pensions to Retired SenatorsPaymentsGrant$47,664
2 programs$466,343

Senate’s share of federal net spending