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Summary of Performance


Financial Resources – Total Departmental ($ thousands)
Total Budgetary Expenditures (Main Estimates 2012–13) Planned Spending 2012–13 Total Authorities (available for use) 2012–13 Actual Spending (authorities used) 2012–13 Difference (Planned vs. Actual Spending)
5,685,174 5,693,376 4,003,118 2,762,026 2,931,350


Human Resources (Full-Time Equivalents – FTEs)
Planned 2012–13 Actual 2012–13 Difference 2012–13
2,066 1,914 152

Performance Summary Table for Strategic Outcome: Government is well managed and accountable, and resources are allocated to achieve results


Performance Summary, Excluding Internal Services ($ thousands)
Program Total Budgetary Expenditures (Main Estimates 2012–13) Planned Spending Total Authorities (available for use) 2012–13 Actual Spending
(authorities used)
Alignment to Government of Canada Outcomes
2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2012–13 2011–12 See endnote 1* 2010–11 See endnote 1*

Notes:

  • The figures for actual spending in 2010–11 and 2011–12 have been restated due to a program realignment, as identified in the 2013–14 Report on Plans and Priorities.
  • Any minor numerical differences are due to rounding.
Management Frameworks 53,878 59,741 53,842 50,963 64,764 58,544 65,304 57,643 Government Affairs: Well-managed and efficient government operations
People Management 57,710 59,431 51,859 47,286 62,253 60,975 65,444 64,923
Expenditure Management 35,295 35,295 32,866 32,104 33,879 31,047 50,893 30,167
Financial Management 32,912 32,912 32,613 32,524 33,962 30,867 36,470 36,940
Government-Wide Funds and Public Service Employer Payments 5,430,433 5,430,433 5,420,474 5,411,574 3,718,185 2,500,373 2,192,869 1,968,478
Strategic Outcome Subtotal 5,610,228 5,617,812 5,591,654 5,574,450 3,913,043 2,681,805 2,410,980 2,158,151


Performance Summary for Internal Services ($ thousands)
Internal Services Total Budgetary Expenditures (Main Estimates 2012–13) Planned Spending Total Authorities (available for use) 2012–13 Actual Spending
(authorities used)
2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2012–13 2011–12 See endnote 2* 2010–11 See endnote 2*

Notes:

  • The figures for actual spending in 2010–11 and 2011–12 have been restated due to a program realignment, as identified in the 2013–14 Report on Plans and Priorities.
  • Any minor numerical differences are due to rounding.
Internal Services Subtotal 74,946 75,564 71,245 67,704 90,075 80,221 93,528 95,829


Total Performance Summary ($ thousands)
Strategic Outcome and Internal Services Total Budgetary Expenditures (Main Estimates 2012–13) Planned Spending Total Authorities (available for use) 2012–13 Actual Spending
(authorities used)
2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2012–13 2011–12 See endnote 3* 2010–11 See endnote 3*

Notes:

  • The figures for actual spending in 2010–11 and 2011–12 have been restated due to a program realignment, as identified in the 2013–14 Report on Plans and Priorities.
  • Any minor numerical differences are due to rounding.
Total 5,685,174 5,693,376 5,662,899 5,642,154 4,003,118 2,762,026 2,504,508 2,253,980

The above tables provide the total budgetary expenditures (Main Estimates), the planned spending, the authorities and the actual spending for 2012–13. These are discussed by program in Analysis of Programs and Sub-Programs by Strategic Outcome. For comparison purposes, the planned spending is provided for two future years, and the actual spending for two prior years.

Approximately 60 per cent of the planned spending for Program 1.5 Government-Wide Funds and Public Service Employer Payments is transferred to, and spent by, other departments and agencies for items such as operating and capital budget carry forward, severance, parental benefits and compensation requirements (Votes 5, 10, 15, 25, 30 and 33). The Secretariat’s total authorities are reduced accordingly. The most significant difference between the planned and the actual spending (on average $3.2 billion per year) relates to the amounts that were distributed from these votes to other departments and agencies (expenditures appear in their operating votes). The balance of funding within the program is for public service employer payments.

Overall, planned spending decreased by $30.5 million from 2012–13 to 2013–14 and by $20.7 million from 2013–14 to 2014–15. Reductions are primarily due to Economic Action Plan 2012 cost-containment measures and the 2008 Strategic Review of Vote 20. Overall, actual spending increased by $250.5 million from 2010–11 to 2011–12 and by $257.5 million from 2011–12 to 2012–13, as outlined below.

Actual spending for the Secretariat’s operations increased by $26.1 million from 2010–11 to 2011–12, largely as a result of one-time expenditures related to the professional service costs for external experts to support the review of departmental spending across government and payouts to employees resulting from the revision of specific collective agreements. These increases were offset by reductions related to the 2010 Strategic Review decisions and a transfer to Shared Services Canada.

Actual spending for the Secretariat's operations (i.e., excluding Government-Wide Funds and Public Service Employer Payments) decreased by $50 million from 2011–12 to 2012–13, largely as a result of the following:

  • One-time expenditures related to the professional service costs for external experts to support the review of departmental spending across government;
  • Payouts to employees resulting from the revision of specific collective agreements;
  • Further reductions related to Economic Action Plan 2012 cost-containment measures;
  • Project delays; and
  • Deferral of staffing plans.

Net public service employer payments increased by approximately $224 million from 2010–11 to 2011–12 as a result of a one-time lump sum payment for the improvement of long-term disability benefits provided under the Service Income Security Insurance Plan, as well as increased payments under the various other public service health benefit plans. These increases were offset by the transfer of the management of pension, insurance and social security programs for locally engaged staff to Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada See footnote [1] and to National Defence.

An increase of $307.5 million from 2011–12 to 2012–13 largely resulted from a statutory payment for an actuarial adjustment made in virtue of the Public Service Superannuation Act, which was offset by a decrease due to the one-time payment for the long-term disability benefits, referenced above.