Reporting on Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada Total Annual Expenditures on Travel, Hospitality and Conferences for the Fiscal Year 2012-2013

The Secretariat supports Treasury Board Ministers in strengthening the way government is managed to better serve Canadians and ensure value for money in government spending. In order to fulfill this mandate the Secretariat incurs travel, hospitality and conference expenditures to: implement key government initiatives; attend and present at national and international forums related to the Secretariat's mandate; recruit and provide professional development to functional communities (such as internal auditors, financial officers, etc); and implement new policies and horizontal initiatives. In addition, as the employer for the government, the Secretariat incurs travel and related expenditures for labour management meetings with bargaining agents and other stakeholders, as well as with regard to human resources litigation and hearings.

Total annual expenditures for Travel, Hospitality and Conferences of the Treasury Board Secretariat are summarized below:
(in thousands of dollars)
Expenditure Category Expenditures for the year ending March 31, 2012
(a)
Expenditures for the year ending March 31, 2013
(b)
Variance
(a-b)
Return to table footnote reference * Includes international travel that is part of the department's program
Travel – Public Servants 2,233 1,922 -311
Travel – Non-Public Servants 110 100 -10
International Travel by Minister and Minister's Staff See table footnote * 25 14 -11
Total Travel 2,368 2,036 -332
Hospitality 202 105 -97
Conference Fees 12 6 -6
Total 2,582 2,147 -435

There is an overall reduction of expenditures in each of the 3 categories in fiscal year 2012-13 from the 2011-12 fiscal year. Reductions are largely due to the result of active and ongoing management of the Secretariat's travel, hospitality and conference expenditures and increased usage of teleconferencing technology.

Travel:

  1. Public Servants: Compared to fiscal year 2011-2012, departmental travel expenditures by public servants decreased mainly due to:

    • A concerted effort at the Treasury Board Secretariat to reduce travel, hospitality and conference expenditures by promoting the use of available technologies such as teleconferencing for connecting with partners and stakeholders.
    • Reduced travel expenditures incurred with respect to the work related to the Regulatory Cooperation Council given responsibilities transferred to the Privy Council Office during fiscal year 2012-13.
  2. Non-Public Servants: Compared to fiscal year 2011-2012, there was no significant variance in the departmental travel expenditures by non-public servants.

  3. Minister and Minister's Staff: Compared to fiscal year 2011-2012, departmental international travel expenditures by the ministers and their staff decreased mainly due to:

    • No special trip abroad conducted by the Minister's office in fiscal year 2012-13 compared to fiscal year 2011-12.

Hospitality:

Compared to fiscal year 2011-2012, departmental hospitality expenditures decreased mainly due to:

Conference fees:

Compared to fiscal year 2011-2012, departmental conference fees expenditures decreased mainly due to:

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