Archived - Department of Finance Report on Annual Expenditures for Travel, Hospitality and Conferences 2014

As required by the Treasury Board Directive on Travel, Hospitality, Conference and Event Expenditures, this report provides information on the total annual expenditures for each of travel, hospitality and conferences for the Department of Finance for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014. It also provides the variance explanations from the previous fiscal year in each of these areas.

This information is updated annually and does not contain information withheld under the Access to Information Act or the Privacy Act.

Expenditures on travel, hospitality and conferences incurred by federal departments and agencies are for the most part directly related to supporting departmental mandates and the government’s priorities.

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Total annual expenditures for Travel, Hospitality and Conferences for the Department of Finance are summarized below:

Total Annual Expenditures for Travel, Hospitality and Conferences
(in thousands of dollars)

Expenditure Category Expenditures for the year ending March 31, 2014 Expenditure for the previous year ending March 31, 2013 Change
Travel – Public Servants 2,297 2,086 211
Travel – Non-Public Servants 400 510 (110)
Total Travel 2,697 2,596 101
Hospitality 138 123 15
Conference Fees 3 3 -
Total 2,838 2,722 116
International Travel by Minister and Minister’s Staff (also included in Non-Public Servant travel) 193 240 (47)

Significant variances compared to the previous fiscal year.

This section is used to provide a brief explanation of significant variances from the previous year’s annual expenditures for each category.

Public Servants:Compared to fiscal year 2012-2013, departmental travel expenditures by public servants increased mainly due to:

Non-Public Servants:Compared to fiscal year 2012-2013, departmental travel expenditures by non-public servants decreased mainly due to:

Compared to fiscal year 2012-2013, departmental hospitality expenditures increased mainly due to:

Conference fees have remained stable from the previous year.

Compared to fiscal year 2012-2013, departmental international travel expenditures by the minister and his staff decreased mainly due to:

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