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MINISTER(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROPRIATIONS: Minister of Corrections (M18)
ADMINISTERING DEPARTMENT: Department of Corrections
MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS : Minister of Corrections
Overview of the Vote#
The Minister of Corrections is responsible for appropriations in Vote Corrections for the 2009/10 financial year covering the following:
- $590.571 million (55.43% of the Vote) on the provision of custodial services for offenders sentenced to imprisonment
- $151.683 million (14.23% of the Vote) on the management and delivery of sentences and orders served in the community
- $122.278 million (11.48% of the Vote) on the provision of custodial services for remand prisoners (people waiting trial, and offenders convicted but not yet sentenced)
- $74.710 million (7.01% of the Vote) on the provision of prison and community-based responsivity and rehabilitative programmes, reintegrative services and psychological services designed to address the underlying causes of criminal re-offending
- $63.810 million (5.99% of the Vote) on the provision of information about offenders to the judiciary and the New Zealand Parole Board to inform their respective decision-making processes, the administration of home leave for prisoners, and the provision of victim notification services
- $39.648 million (3.72% of the Vote) on the provision of prisoner employment, including the provision and administration of work experience and training opportunities designed to help address the underlying causes of criminal re-offending
- $12.351 million (1.16% of the Vote) on the provision of transportation for prisoners to and from court and the supervision of prisoners while at court
- $5.614 million (0.53% of the Vote) on the provision of services to the New Zealand Parole Board relating to the provision of administrative, financial and secretariat services
- $4.811 million (0.45% of the Vote) the provision of ministerial services, the development of policies and the provision of policy advice.
The Department of Corrections does not expect to collect any Crown revenue in 2009/10.
Details of these appropriations are set out in Parts 2-6 for Vote Corrections in the Information Supporting the Estimates of Appropriations.
Details of Appropriations#
Details of Annual and Permanent Appropriations
| 2008/09 | 2009/10 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Titles and Scopes of Appropriations by Appropriation Type | Budgeted $000 | Estimated Actual $000 | Budget $000 |
Departmental Output Expenses | |||
Information Services (M18)This appropriation is limited to the provision of information about offenders to the judiciary and the New Zealand Parole Board to inform their respective decision-making processes, the administration of home leave for prisoners, and the provision of victim notification services. | 43,357 | 43,209 | 63,810 |
Policy Advice and Ministerial Services (M18)This appropriation is limited to the provision of ministerial services, the development of policies and the provision of policy advice. | 4,963 | 4,953 | 4,811 |
Prison-based Custodial Services MCOA (M18) | - | - | 712,849 |
Custody of Remand PrisonersThis output class is limited to the provision of custodial services for remand prisoners (people awaiting trial, and offenders convicted but not yet sentenced). | - | - | 122,278 |
Custody of Sentenced PrisonersThis output class is limited to the provision of custodial services for offenders sentenced to imprisonment. | - | - | 590,571 |
Prisoner Employment (M18)Provision of prisoner employment, including the provision and administration of work experience and training opportunities designed to help address the underlying causes of criminal re-offending. | 49,909 | 49,806 | 39,648 |
Prisoner Transportation and Courtroom Supervision (M18)This appropriation is limited to the provision of transportation for prisoners to and from court and the supervision of prisoners while at court. | 11,106 | 11,054 | 12,351 |
Rehabilitative Programmes and Reintegrative Services (M18)Provision of prison and community-based responsivity and rehabilitative programmes, reintegrative services and psychological services designed to address the underlying causes of criminal re-offending. | 58,661 | 58,401 | 74,710 |
Sentences and Orders Served in the Community (M18)This appropriation is limited to the management and delivery of sentences and orders served in the community. | 132,488 | 131,869 | 151,683 |
Services to New Zealand Parole Board (M18)Provides for services to the New Zealand Parole Board relating to the provision of administrative, financial and secretariat services. | 6,144 | 5,542 | 5,614 |
Custodial Services (M18)Provision of custodial services, the provision of facilities, and administering sentences of imprisonment. | 531,961 | 528,151 | - |
Custody of Remand Prisoners (M18)Provides for custodial remand services and provision of facilities to hold people charged with offences, and offenders convicted but not yet sentenced. | 136,363 | 135,570 | - |
Service Purchase and Monitoring (M18)Provision of contract management, inspectorate, custodial assurance and national systems services. | 1,978 | 1,975 | - |
Total Departmental Output Expenses | 976,930 | 970,530 | 1,065,476 |
Departmental Capital Expenditure | |||
Department of Corrections - Capital Expenditure PLA (M18)This appropriation is limited to the purchase or development of assets by and for the use of the Department of Corrections, as authorised by section 24(1) of the Public Finance Act 1989. | 128,686 | 128,686 | 402,471 |
Total Departmental Capital Expenditure | 128,686 | 128,686 | 402,471 |
Total Annual and Permanent Appropriations | 1,105,616 | 1,099,216 | 1,467,947 |
Details of Projected Movements in Departmental
Net Assets#
Department of Corrections
| Details of Net Asset Schedule | 2008/09 Estimated Actual $000 | 2009/10 Projected $000 | Explanation of Projected Movements in 2009/10 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening Balance | 1,799,739 | 1,781,645 | |
| Capital Injections | 65,747 | 323,348 | The Department received additional funding for the redevelopment of Mt Eden Prison, development of business cases for new prisons, implementing double-bunking at 5 prisons and to meet higher demand in Community Probation and Psychological Services. |
| Capital Withdrawals | (83,841) | (66,471) | The Department is partially self-funding capital expenditure previously received for decisions made as part of the Effective Interventions programme. |
| Surplus to be Retained (Deficit Incurred) | - | - | |
| Other Movements | - | - | |
Closing Balance | 1,781,645 | 2,038,522 |