User Fees Reporting

User Fees and Regulatory Charges (User Fees Act)

1. User fee: Access to information Act requests

2. Fee type: – Regulatory

3. Fee-setting authority: Access to Information Act

4. Year last modified: No modification has been made to the fee structure since the Access to Information Act has been promulgated

5. Performance standards: The Access to information Act stipulates that requests must be answered within 30 days, unless time extensions are warranted as per section 9 of the Act. The performance standard for Correctional Service Canada is that a response to Access to Information Act requests be responded to within the legislated time frames, including extensions where warranted.

6. Performance results: In fiscal year 2014-2015, CSC received 555 formal access requests and had 182 requests outstanding from fiscal year 2013-2014 for a total of 737 requests. There were 117 requests processed past the legislated timeframe. The compliance rate for fiscal year 2014-2015 was 77.4%.

2014–15 7. ($ units)			11. Planning years 7. ($ units)
8. Forecast revenue	9. Actual revenue	10. Full cost	Fiscal year	12. Forecast revenue	13. Estimated full cost
6.0	3.5	987.8	2015–16	6.5	1,250
			2016–17	7.0	1,250
			2017–18	7.0	1,250

User Fee Totals

	2014–15 7. ($ units)			11. Planning years 7. ($ units)
	8. Forecast revenue	9. Actual revenue	10. Full cost	Fiscal year	12. Forecast revenue	13. Estimated full cost
Subtotal regulatory	6.0	3.5	987.8	2015–16	6.5	1,250
				2016–17	7.0	1,250
				2017–18	7.0	1,250
Subtotal other products and services	N/A	N/A	N/A	2015–16	N/A	N/A
				2016–17	N/A	N/A
				2017–18	N/A	N/A
Total	6.0	3.5	987.8	2015–16	6.5	1,250
				2016–17	7.0	1,250
				2017–18	7.0	1,250