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What Senate spent in fiscal year 2016-17: its net expenditure by standard object, from the Public Accounts of Canada, Volume II.

Spending, 2016-17

Net spending, 2016-17

$80.7M

spent by Senate, less revenues it kept

Share, 2016-17

0.0%

of the net spending of every federal organization

How did Senate spend its budget in 2016-17?

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, 2016-17

Personnel

Transportation and communications

Professional and special services

Acquisition of machinery and equipment

Rentals

Utilities, materials and supplies

Repair and maintenance

Information

Transfer payments

Other subsidies and payments

$64.3M

$7.9M

$3.3M

$1.6M

$1.2M

$770K

$625K

$520K

$464K

-$4K

Total: $80.7M.

Spending by program, 2016-17

The same net spending by program, as GC InfoBase reports program actuals: $80.7M in all. Select a program for its history, plans and results.

Workforce, 2016-17

Personnel spending

$64.3M

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, 2016-17

The grants, contributions and other transfers Senate paid, program by program: $464K in all, against $464K for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).

Contributions to Parliamentary AssociationsPaymentsContribution$415,411
Pensions to Retired SenatorsPaymentsGrant$48,283
2 programs$463,694

Senate’s share of federal net spending