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Evaluation of the Legal Aid Program

Appendix D: Legal Aid Program: Budget and Actual Expenditures (in millions of $, rounded)

Legal Aid Program: Budget and Actual Expenditures (in millions of $, rounded)
Funding components (contributions)	2016-17			2017-18			2018-19			2019-20
Funding components (contributions)	Budget	Actual	Variance	Budget	Actual	Variance	Budget	Actual	Variance	Budget	Actual	Variance
Criminal Legal Aid in Provinces and Territories (and Civil Legal Aid in the Territories) (including $2M innovations per FY)	121.39	121.39	0	124.39	124.39	0	127.39	127.39	0	132.39	132.39	0
Immigration and Refugee Legal Aid	11.50	18.75	-7.25	14.20	22.57	-8.37	14.20	26.99	-12.79	27.65^{Footnote * of Appendix D}	54.49	-26.84
State-Funded Counsel	4.15	2.01	2.14	4.15	1.10	3.05	3.65	1.03	2.62	3.66	0.91	2.75
Total – Contributions Funding	137.04	142.15	-5.11	142.74	148.06	-5.32	145.24	155.41	-10.17	163.7	187.79	-24.09
Program Administration^{Footnote ** of Appendix D}
Salary	1.01	0.96	0.05	1.01	0.88	0.13	1.01	0.83	0.18	1.01	0.71	0.30
Operations and Maintenance^{Footnote *** of Appendix D}	0.63	0.38	0.25	0.63	0.44	0.19	0.63	0.46	0.17	0.63	0.32	0.31
Total – Program Administration	1.64	1.34	0.3	1.64	1.32	0.32	1.64	1.29	0.35	1.64	1.03	0.61
Grand Total	138.68	143.49	-4.81	144.38	149.38	-5.00	146.88	156.7	-9.82	165.34	188.82	-23.48
State-funded Counsel Cases Managed by LAD^{Footnote **** of Appendix D}	0.13	0.1	0.03	0.18	0.32	-0.14	0.18	0.43	-0.25	0.31	0.27	0.04
Appendix D footnotes Footnote * of Appendix D The FY 2019-20 Immigration and Refugee Legal Aid total includes Budget 2019 funding. Return to footnote * referrer of Appendix D Footnote of Appendix D Accommodation and benefits are not included. Return to footnote referrer of Appendix D Footnote * of Appendix D The Program uses its operations and maintenance funding to cover state-funded counsel expenditures that are in excess of the budget for state-funded counsel cases managed by LAD. Return to footnote * referrer of Appendix D Footnote ** of Appendix D For state-funded counsel cases managed by LAD, the actual expenditures shown are the net amounts paid by the Department after it has recovered costs from other government departments. These amounts are also included in Operations and Maintenance listed above. Return to footnote ** referrer of Appendix D Sources of Appendix D Sources: Statement of Final Claims and Department of Justice financial data.

Date modified:: 2021-12-01