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Appendix B: Budgets and Staff Complements for Ministers

B.1 Exempt staff*

A.	Ministers	2006-2007 $	2007-2008 $
	Budget for annual salaries	from 409,390 to 975,760**	from 410,870 to 978,150**
B.	Ministers with regional representation budgets
	Budget for annual salaries	179,250	179,670
C.	Ministers with a parliamentary secretary
	Additional budget for annual salaries (per parliamentary secretary)	72,530	72,920
D.	Secretaries of State
	Budget for annual salaries	from 0 to 352,590	from 0 to 352,590

** Note: Budgets are set through written communication based on the Prime Minister's instruction. The ministers of Foreign Affairs and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Human Resources and Social Development, Indian Affairs and Northern Development, and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians, Finance, the Environment and the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform have received exempt staff salary budgets in excess of the figures indicated above. These range from $1,075,760 to $1,575,760 for 2006-07 and $1,078,150 to $1,578,150 for 2007-08.

Departmental staff*

A.	Ministers	2006-2007 $	2007-2008 $
	Budget for annual salaries	from 146,070 to 460,860	146,820 to 462,630
B.	Secretaries of State
	Budget for annual salaries	from 0 to 90,000	from 0 to 90,000

Operating Budgets*

A.	Ministers	2006-2007 $	2007-2008 $
	Annual operating budget	from 200,000 to 505,000	from 200,000 to 505,000
B.	Ministers with regional representation budgets
	Annual operating budget	from 100,000 to 200,000	from 100,000 to 200,000
C.	Ministers with a parliamentary secretary
	Operating budget for additional overhead costs (per parliamentary secretary)	10,000	10,000
D.	Secretaries of State
	Annual operating budget	from 0 to 200,000	from 0 to 200,000

Student Budget*

A.	Ministers	2006-2007 $	2007-2008 $
	Budget for annual salaries	from 3,000 to 29,000	from 7,000 to 29,000

 Total Budgets*

		2006-2007 $	2007-2008 $
A.	Ministers	from 755,460 to 1,970,620	from 757,690 to 1,974,780
B.	Ministers with regional representation	from 279,250 to 379,250	from 279,670 to 379,670
C.	Ministers with a parliamentary secretary	82,530	82,920
D.	Secretaries of State	from 90,000 to 642,590	from 90,000 to 642,590

* Budgets are set through written communication.

Note: Ministers may transfer between $50,000 and $100,000 from the budget for exempt staff salaries to the operating budget or vice versa in proportion to the size of the budget granted to them via written communication (see Part 2, "Financial Management," section 4.2, "Transferring Funds").

B.2 Description of budgets

A. Exempt staff salary budgets

Only direct personnel costs, such as the following, can be charged to the exempt staff salary budget:

(a) salaries (includes pay while on leave);

(b) vacation pay for unused vacation leave on termination of employment or paid out at the end of the fiscal year; and

(c) salary for the 30 days' employment to which persons are entitled when a minister ceases to be a minister.

B. Ministers' operating budgets

A minister's operating budget covers all operating expenditures related to the conduct of portfolio or other official government business, whether incurred by exempt staff or departmental staff in the minister's office. Expenditures include:

(a) gifts, travel, hospitality, and other services;

(b) conference and training costs for exempt staff;

(c) relocation of exempt staff (on appointment only);

(d) office furniture and furnishings for ministers and their private secretaries that are over and above normal departmental standards;

(e) fees for professional outplacement services;

(f) cost of professional and temporary help services; and

(g) all other expenses.

C. Departmental staff salaries budget

Salaries including overtime, equalization pay, and bilingual bonuses for departmental staff in the minister's office will be charged to the department's salary budget.

D. Other costs related to exempt staff

Other costs related to exempt staff including maternity leave payments (Supplemental Employment Benefit) and severance pay will be funded centrally, as they are for public service employees.

B.3 Total budgets

A.	Ministers' total budgets*	2006-2007 $	2007-2008 $
	Budget for exempt staff salaries	Between 409,390 and 975,760	Between 410,870 and 978,150
	Operating budget	Between 200,000 and 505,000	Between 200,000 and 505,000
	Budget for departmental staff salaries	Between 146,070 and 460,860	Between 146,820 and 462,630
	Students	Between 0 and 29,000	Between 0 and 29,000
	Total	Between 755,460 and 1,970,620 Transfer limit: between 50,000 and 100,000	Between 757,690 and 1,974,780 Transfer limit: between 50,000 and 100,000

Note: Ministers may transfer between $50,000 and $100,000 from the budget for exempt staff salaries to the operating budget or vice versa in proportion to the size of the budget granted to them via written communication (see Part 2, "Financial Management," section 4.2, "Transferring Funds").

B.	Ministers with regional representation budgets*	2006-2007 $	2007-2008 $
	Budget for exempt staff salaries	179,250	179,670
	Operating budget	between 100,000 and 200,000	between 100,000 and 200,000
	Total	between 279,250 and 379,250	between 279,670 and 379,670

 

C.	Ministers with a parliamentary secretary*	2006-2007 $	2007-2008 $
	Budget for exempt staff salaries	72,530	72,920
	Operating budget	10,000	10,000
	Total	82,530	82,920

 

D.	Secretaries' of State total budgets *	2006-2007 $	2007-2008 $
	Budget for exempt staff salaries	Between 0 and 352,590	Between 0 and 352,590
	Operating budget	Between 0 and 200,000	Between 0 and 200,000
	Budget for departmental staff salaries	Between 0 and 90,000	Between 0 and 90,000
	Total	Between 90,000 and 642,590 Transfer limit: between 0 and 50,000	Between 90,000 and 642,590 Transfer limit: between 0 and 50,000

* Budgets are set through written communication..

 

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