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2007-08
Departmental Performance Report

National Parole Board

Supplementary Information (Tables)

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Table of Contents

• Sources of Respendable and Non-respendable Revenue
• User Fees/External Fees

Respendable Revenue

The Board does not have any Respendable Revenue.

Non-respendable Revenue

There is a $50.00 user fee for the processing of pardon applications.  Of the $50.00, the Board can access $35.00. The remaining $15.00 go to the RCMP.  The Board is not allowed to respend revenues from this fee in the year they are collected.  It can, however, access these revenues the following fiscal year through the Supplementary Estimates process.  In 2007-08, the pardon user fee generated revenues of $1,438,491.  Of this total, the Board could access 70% or $1,006,944 in 2008-09.

Table 3: Sources of Respendable and Non-respendable Revenue

	Actual 2005-06	Actual 2006-07	2007-08
			Main Estimates	Planned Revenue	Total Authorities	Actual
Pardon user fees	714	969	N/A	700	N/A	1,438
Total Non-respendable Revenue	714	969	N/A	700	N/A	1,438

Table 4: User Fees Act

A. User Fee	Fee Type	Fee-setting Authority	Date Last Modified	2007-08					Planning Years
				Forecast Revenue ($000)	Actual Revenue ($000)	Full Cost ($000)	Performance Standard	Performance Results	Fiscal Year	Forecast Revenue ($000)	Estimated Full Cost ($000)
Pardons User fee ($50.00)	Other Products and Services	Treasury Board Decision T.B. #822475 (1995) T.B. #826954 (1999)	Fee introduced 1995,  modified in 1999	410	1007	To be determined (TBD)	Under Development	In 2007-08, the average process time for a pardon was 10 months.	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11	800 800 800	TBD TBD TBD
Fees charged for the processing of access requests filed under the Access to Information Act (ATIA)	Regulatory Service	Access to Information Act	1992	0	0*	333	Response provided within 30 days following receipt of request; the response time may be extended pursuant to section 9 of the ATIA. Notice of extension to be sent within 30 days after receipt of request. The Access to Information Act provides fuller details: http://lois.justice.gc.ca/en/A-1/.	Response times 100% within Performance Standard:  Access to Information Act Total 15 requests: within 30 days = 13 requests 31-60 days = 2 requests 61-90 days = 1 request Privacy Act Total 326 requests: within 30 days = 252 requests  31-60 days = 64 requests 61-90 days 10 requests	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11	0 0 0	333 333 333
			Total	410	1007	333			Total 2008-09 Total 2009-10 Total 2010-11	800 800 800	TBD TBD TBD

(1)  Costs are not estimated full costs.  Instead, they represent direct costs for NPB.
* The Board is authorized to retain $35.00 or 70% of the fees received. Based on these rates, the Board earned $1,006,944 in 2007/08. These funds will be accessible by the Board in 2008-09.
**The revenues earned in this area amounted to $45.00 in 2007-08.

Table 4B: Policy on Service Standards for External Fees

A. External Fee	Service Standard	Performance Result	Stakeholder Consultation
Pardon User fee ($50.00)	Under development	In 2007/08, the average process time for pardon applications was 10 months.  For cases involving summary convictions only, the average process time was 3-5 months. In terms of program effectiveness, 96% of all pardons awarded remain in force, demonstrating that the vast majority of pardon applicants remain crime free.	As part of the business plan for pardons, the Board plans to hold consultations on the user fees in the 2008/09 fiscal year.  These consultation will set the stage for service standards for processing pardon applications by April 1, 2009.
Fees charged for the processing of access requests filed under the Access to Information Act (ATIA)	Response provided within 30 days following receipt of request, the response time may be extended pursuant to section 9 of the ATIA. Notice of extension to be sent within 30 days after receipt of request. The Access to Information Act provides fuller details: http//loijustice.gc.ca/en/A-1/.	Response times 100% within Performance Standard:  Access to Information Act total of 16 requests: within 30 days = 13 requests 31-60 days = 1 request 61-90 days = 1 request Privacy Act total 326 requests:  within 30 days = 252 requests 31-60 days = 100 requests 61-90 days = 10 requests.	The service standards are established by the Access to Information Act and Regulations.