B.C. Budget 2000 -- Table B8: Expenditure by Ministry Consolidated Revenue Fund

Ministry of Finance and Corporate Relations Honourable Paul Ramsey, Minister	This electronic version is for informational purposes only. The printed version remains the official version.

Report B: FISCAL REVIEW AND OUTLOOK

TABLE B8 EXPENDITURE BY MINISTRY CONSOLIDATED REVENUE FUND

		Budget Estimate 1999/00¹	Revised Forecast 1999/00	Budget Estimate 2000/01	Increase(Decrease)²

			($millions)		(per cent)
Legislation		37	35	38	4.1
Officers of the Legislature		28	28	26	(7.7)
Office of the Premier		3	3	3	—
Aboriginal Affairs		35	35	43	22.3
Advanced Education, Training and Technology		1,794	1,813	1,904	6.1
Agriculture, Food and Fisheries		83	83	100	21.1
Attorney General		923	1,009	941	2.0
Children and Families		1,317	1,356	1,501	14.0
Community Development, Cooperatives and Volunteers		18	16	23	25.4
Education		4,345	4,372	4,536	4.4
Employment and Investment		37	36	37	(1.1)
Energy and Mines		36	35	42	16.8
Environment, Lands and Parks		194	194	188	(3.0)
Finance and Corporate Relations		114	114	113	(1.0)
Forests		500	507	512	2.4
Health		7,720	7,936	8,269	7.1
Labour		28	28	30	6.8
Multiculturalism and Immigration		21	37	24	13.1
Municipal Affairs		142	142	141	(0.4)
Small Business, Tourism and Culture		84	84	86	2.5
Social Development and Economic Security		1,963	1,959	2,026	3.2
Transportation and Highways		463	462	465	0.4
Women's Equality		43	43	54	25.6
Other appropriations:
	Management of Public Funds and Debt	940	840	1,009	7.3
	BC Family Bonus	181	185	152	(16.1)
	Contingencies (All Ministries) and New Programs	76	66	125	64.7
	Amortization of change in unfunded pension liability	(117)	(130)	(130)	11.2
	Pension adjustments	—	82	—	—
	Other appropriations³	37	32	42	13.6

Total program expenditure before one-time items		21,045	21,402	22,300	6.0⁴
One-time expenditures:⁴
	British Columbia Ferry Corporation debt forgiveness	—	1,080	—	—
	Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre write-down	—	70	—	—
	Kemess Mine investment writedown	—	41	—	—
Total Expenditure		21,045	22,593	22,300	6.0


¹	Restated to conform to the 2000/01 budget estimate presentation.
²	Percentage change between the 1999/00 budget estimate and the 2000/01 budget estimate (figures based on unrounded figures shown in the 2000/01 Estimates budget estimates).
³	Other appropriations include the Commissions on Collection of Public Funds and Allowance for Doubtful Revenue Accounts Vote, the Environmental Assessment and Land Use Coordination Vote, the Environmental Boards and Forest Appeals Commission Vote, the Forest Practices Board Vote, the Green Economy Initiative Vote, the Public Sector Employers' Council Vote, the Insurance and Risk Management Special Account, the Unclaimed Property Special Account, and other appropriations.
⁴	Excluding one-time expenditures of $1,191 million in 1999/00, the 2000/01 budget increase is 4.2 per cent compared to the 1999/00 revised forecast.

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