Toronto Budget Check (version 1): Children’s Services 2016
This is the third in a series of experimental presentations of budget data. We’d like to present the variance data with the 2016 budget, but until we get the data (we’ve asked for 2016 variance data at this level of detail), we’re using the 2017 budget data as the comparator.
This presentation separates out several items from basic operating data: capital staff costs (which for some reason is rolled into operating staff costs), inter-divisional adjustments, and contributions to and from capital accounts. In addition I have separated out direct subsidies to persons from expenses, to give a clearer picture of operating expenses.
The result is a cleaner and more understandable view of what’s going on. When we finally get cost-centre level data (two levels below the service level presented below) we should be able to use a similar layout for that.
Note that the direct subsidies to persons is estimated from the Services statement; I couldn’t find a reliable source for an accurate figure.
Services present the Current Revenue and Expenses data from the overall statement. Note that I have taken the Service and Rent amount for the moment as a stand-in for the Direct Subsidies to Persons.
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Henrik Bechmann founded the budgetpedia project in 2015, and is currently the project lead (see budgetpedia.ca). The opinions expressed here are his own.
