Reporting on the Total Annual Expenditures on Travel, Hospitality and Conferences for the Fiscal Year 2011-2012
Department/Agency: Patented Medicine Prices Review Board
Report on Annual Expenditures for Travel, Hospitality and Conferences
As required by the Treasury Board Directive for the Management of Expenditures on Travel, Hospitality and Conferences, this report provides information on the total annual expenditures for each of travel, hospitality and conferences for the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012.
This information is updated annually and does not contain information withheld under the Access to Information Act or the Privacy Act.
Total annual expenditures for Travel, Hospitality and Conferences of the PMPRB are summarized below:
| Expenditure Category |
Expenditures for the year ending March 31, 2012
(in thousands of dollars)
|
Expenditures for the year ending March 31, 2011
(in thousands of dollars)
|
Variance
(in thousands of dollars)
|
| Travel - Public Servants |
$86.9 |
$78.7 |
$8.2 |
| Travel - Non-Public Servants |
$7.5 |
$15.3 |
-$7.8 |
| International Travel by Minister and Minister's Staff[1] |
N/A |
N/A |
|
| Total Travel |
$94.4 |
$94.0 |
$0.4 |
| Hospitality |
$4.4 |
$8.6 |
-$4.2 |
| Conference Fees |
$16.1 |
$35.1 |
-$19.0 |
| TOTAL |
$115.0 |
$137.7 |
-$22.7 |
Variance between 2010-11 and 2011-12:
Travel for Public Servants has increased slightly due to increased travel by Board members. Travel Non-Public Servants was reduced due to a reduction in the number of face-to-face meetings of steering committees and advisory panels. Internal hospitality for events, such as Public Service Week, and attendance at conferences were reduced in order to meet deficit reduction targets.