Estimates of appropriations

Vote Corrections - Justice Sector - Estimates 2016/2017

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Fiscal year:
2016/17
Budget year:
2016
Budget vote:
Corrections
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APPROPRIATION MINISTER(S): Minister of Corrections (M18)

APPROPRIATION ADMINISTRATOR: Department of Corrections

RESPONSIBLE MINISTER FOR DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS: Minister of Corrections

Overview of the Vote#

The Minister of Corrections is responsible for appropriations in Vote Corrections for the 2016/17 financial year covering:

Operating Expenditure:

  • a total of just under $900 million (66.50% of the Vote) for the provision of custodial services including long-term service contracts and Public Private Partnerships for offenders lawfully required to be detained in custody. This includes remand prisoners (people awaiting trial and offenders convicted but not yet sentenced), those offenders sentenced to imprisonment, and any other offenders required to be lawfully detained in custody
  • a total of just over $209 million (15.46% of the Vote) for the management and delivery of sentences and orders served in the community, and electronic monitoring of people on bail
  • a total of just over $182 million (13.47% of the Vote) for the provision of case management and interventions designed to address the underlying causes of criminal re-offending
  • a total of just over $59 million (4.38% of the Vote) for the provision of information about offenders to: victims of crime, the Judiciary and the New Zealand Parole Board, and the provision of administrative, financial and secretariat services to the New Zealand Parole Board
  • a total of just under $2 million (0.12% of the Vote) for the provision of advice (including second opinion advice and contributions to policy advice led by other agencies) to support decision-making by Ministers on government policy matters, and
  • a total of just over $1 million (0.07% of the Vote) for the Department's responses to ministerial correspondence and parliamentary questions.

Capital Expenditure:

  • a total of just over $412 million on 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.

Details of these appropriations are set out in Parts 2-4.

Details of Appropriations and Capital Injections#

Annual and Permanent Appropriations#

  2015/16 2016/17
Titles and Scopes of Appropriations by Appropriation Type Final
Budgeted
$000		 Estimated
Actual
$000		 Budget
$000

Departmental Output Expenses

      

Re-offending is Reduced (M18)

This appropriation is limited to the provision of rehabilitation interventions and reintegration services to offenders serving custodial and community-based sentences that address the underlying causes of criminal offending and reduce re-offending.		 180,300 180,300 182,187

Information and Administrative Services to the Judiciary and New Zealand Parole Board (M18)

This appropriation is limited to the provision of information about offenders to victims of crime, the Judiciary and the New Zealand Parole Board, and the provision of administrative, financial and secretariat services to the New Zealand Parole Board.		 59,156 59,156 -

Prison-based Custodial Services (M18)

This appropriation is limited to the provision of custodial services for offenders lawfully required to be detained in custody. This includes remand prisoners (people awaiting trial, and offenders convicted but not yet sentenced), those offenders sentenced to imprisonment, and any other offender required to be lawfully detained in custody.		 858,858 858,858 -

Sentences and Orders Served in the Community (M18)

This appropriation is limited to the management and delivery of sentences and orders in the community, and electronic monitoring of people on bail.		 210,887 210,887 -

Total Departmental Output Expenses

 1,309,201 1,309,201 182,187

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.		 307,645 307,645 412,195

Total Departmental Capital Expenditure

 307,645 307,645 412,195

Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure

      

Policy Advice and Ministerial Services MCA (M18)

The single overarching purpose of this appropriation is to provide policy advice and other support to Ministers in discharging their policy decision-making and other portfolio responsibilities.		 3,284 3,284 2,687
Departmental Output Expenses
      
Ministerial Services
This category is limited to Department responses to ministerial correspondence and parliamentary questions.		 1,640 1,640 1,041
Policy Advice
This category is limited to the provision of advice (including second opinion advice and contributions to policy advice led by other agencies) to support decision-making by Ministers on government policy matters.		 1,644 1,644 1,646

Public Safety is Improved MCA (M18)

The single overarching purpose of this appropriation is to manage offenders serving custodial and community-based sentences in a manner so as to improve the safety of offenders, staff, victims and the public.		 - - 1,167,910
Departmental Output Expenses
      
Information and Administrative Services to the Judiciary and New Zealand Parole Board
This category is limited to the provision of information about offenders to victims of crime, the Judiciary and the New Zealand Parole Board and the provision of administrative, financial and secretariat services to the New Zealand Parole Board.		 - - 59,196
Prison-based Custodial Services
This category is limited to the provision of custodial services including under long-term service contracts and Public Private Partnerships for offenders lawfully required to be detained in custody. This includes remand prisoners (people awaiting trial and offenders convicted but not yet sentenced), those offenders sentenced to imprisonment, and any other offenders required to be lawfully detained in custody.		 - - 899,610
Sentences and Orders Served in the Community
This category is limited to the management and delivery of sentences and orders served in the community, and electronic monitoring of people on bail.		 - - 209,104

Total Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure

 3,284 3,284 1,170,597

Total Annual and Permanent Appropriations

 1,620,130 1,620,130 1,764,979

Capital Injection Authorisations#

  2015/16 2016/17
  Final Budgeted
$000		 Estimated Actual
$000		 Budget
$000
Department of Corrections - Capital Injection (M18) 4,508 4,508 1,654

Supporting Information#

Part 1 - Vote as a Whole#

1.1 - New Policy Initiatives

Policy Initiative Appropriation 2015/16
Final Budgeted
$000		 2016/17
Budget
$000		 2017/18
Estimated
$000		 2018/19
Estimated
$000		 2019/20
Estimated
$000
Corrections Financial Stability Post 2015/16 Public Safety is Improved MCA - Prison-based Custodial Services - 52,825 52,825 52,825 52,825
Prison Capacity Build Programme - Phase One: Immediate Capacity Responses Public Safety is Improved MCA - Prison-based Custodial Services - 19,500 23,600 18,100 18,100
Muster Growth (Maintaining Financial Stability in 2015-16) Prison-based Custodial Services 15,000 - - - -
Mt Eden Corrections Facility Step-In (Maintaining Financial Stability in 2015-16) Prison-based Custodial Services 9,000 - - - -
Mt Eden Corrections Facility Management Options Public Safety is Improved MCA - Prison-based Custodial Services - 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000
Out of Gate Navigation Services for Short-Serving Prisoners Re-offending is Reduced - 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000
Electronic Monitoring of Offenders Serving Sentences in the Community (Maintaining Financial Stability in 2015-16) Public Safety is Improved MCA - Sentences and Orders Served in the Community 2,600 2,200 2,200 2,200 2,200
Management of Offenders Returning to New Zealand Public Safety is Improved MCA - Sentences and Orders Served in the Community 2,494 3,900 3,200 2,700 2,200
Share of Costs for Budget 2015 Whole-of-government Initiatives Prison-based Custodial Services and Sentences and Orders Served in the Community (1,829) - - - -
Temporary Release and Pre-release Planning (Guided Release) Re-offending is Reduced - 1,200 1,000 1,000 1,000
Strengthened Electronic Monitoring Strap for High Risk Offenders Sentences and Orders Served in the Community 550 - - - -
Total Initiatives   27,815 89,625 92,825 86,825 86,325

Summary of Financial Activity#

  2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20
  Actual
$000		 Actual
$000		 Actual
$000		 Actual
$000		 Final Budgeted
$000		 Estimated
Actual
$000		 Departmental
Transactions
Budget
$000		 Non-
Departmental
Transactions
Budget
$000		 Total
Budget
$000		 Estimated
$000		 Estimated
$000		 Estimated
$000

Appropriations

                        
Output Expenses 143,277 131,491 148,862 165,436 180,300 180,300 182,187 - 182,187 181,258 177,508 177,508
Benefits or Related Expenses - - - - - - N/A - - - - -
Borrowing Expenses - - - - - - - - - - - -
Other Expenses 150 - - - - - - - - - - -
Capital Expenditure 80,658 133,163 318,859 263,197 307,645 307,645 412,195 - 412,195 123,508 117,269 130,607
Intelligence and Security Department Expenses and Capital Expenditure - - - - - - - N/A - - - -
Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure (MCA)                        
Output Expenses 1,027,835 1,027,991 1,040,262 1,064,725 1,132,185 1,132,185 1,170,597 - 1,170,597 1,170,152 1,164,152 1,164,292
Other Expenses - - - - - - - - - - - -
Capital Expenditure - - - - - - N/A - - - - -

Total Appropriations

 1,251,920 1,292,645 1,507,983 1,493,358 1,620,130 1,620,130 1,764,979 - 1,764,979 1,474,918 1,458,929 1,472,407

Crown Revenue and Capital Receipts

                        
Tax Revenue - - - - - - N/A - - - - -
Non-Tax Revenue - - - - - - N/A - - - - -
Capital Receipts - - - - - - N/A - - - - -

Total Crown Revenue and Capital Receipts

 - - - - - - N/A - - - - -

Note - where restructuring of the vote has occurred then, to the extent practicable, prior years information has been restated as if the restructuring had occurred before the beginning of the period covered. In this instance Total Appropriations for the Budgeted and Estimated Actual year may not equal Total Appropriations in the Details of Appropriations and Capital Injections.

Adjustments to the Summary of Financial Activity Table Due to Vote Restructuring#

  2011/12
Adjustments
$000		 2012/13
Adjustments
$000		 2013/14
Adjustments
$000		 2014/15
Adjustments
$000		 2015/16
Final Budgeted
Adjustments
$000		 2015/16
Estimated
Actual
Adjustments
$000

Appropriations

            
Output Expenses (1,023,213) (1,023,373) (1,035,856) (1,060,385) (1,128,901) (1,128,901)
Benefits or Related Expenses - - - - - -
Borrowing Expenses - - - - - -
Other Expenses - - - - - -
Capital Expenditure - - - - - -
Intelligence and Security Department Expenses and Capital Expenditure - - - - - -
Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure (MCA)            
Output Expenses 1,023,213 1,023,373 1,035,856 1,060,385 1,128,901 1,128,901
Other Expenses - - - - - -
Capital Expenditure - - - - - -

Total Appropriations

-

-

-

-

-

-

Crown Revenue and Capital Receipts

            
Tax Revenue - - - - - -
Non-Tax Revenue - - - - - -
Capital Receipts - - - - - -

Total Crown Revenue and Capital Receipts

 - - - - - -

The prior year information in the Summary of Financial Activity table has been restated to reflect the current Vote structure. The Department had one Vote structural change, relating to the merger of three appropriations to an MCA, to align the appropriations to the Department's strategic outcomes.

In 2011, the Department committed to operate within forecast baseline funding levels until 2020. Since 2011 the Department has successfully delivered a broad range of savings and efficiencies, including transforming key operations and practices. Underpinning this commitment was the assumption that offender numbers would not significantly exceed those anticipated under the 2011 Justice Sector Forecast, however, over the past 18 months the prison population has increased.

Departmental Output Expense Trends

The increase in baseline in 2016/17 and outyears is largely due to the resetting of the Departments cost base to reflect current prison population levels.

Departmental Capital Expenditure

The Departments capital intentions from 2015/16 to 2019/20 are to achieve renewal and replacement of assets in support of the provision of the Departments outputs. The Department has a programme of work that is focused on upgrading its assets in response to changing service needs and ensuring sufficient capacity to accommodate prison population levels.

1.4 - Reconciliation of Changes in Appropriation Structure#

    Old Structure New Structure
2015/16 Appropriations
in the 2015/16 Structure		 2015/16
(Current)
$000		 Appropriations to which
Expenses (or Capital
Expenditure) have been Moved from or to		 Amount
Moved
$000		 2015/16 Appropriations
in the 2016/17 Structure		 2015/16
(Restated)
$000		 2016/17
$000
Information and Administrative Services to the Judiciary and New Zealand Parole Board 59,156 Information and Administrative Services to the Judiciary and New Zealand Parole Board 59,156 Public Safety is Improved MCA 1,128,901 1,167,910
Prison-based Custodial Services 858,858 Prison-based Custodial Services 858,858      
Sentences and Orders Served in the Community 210,887 Sentences and Orders Served in the Community 210,887      

The Department reclassified three existing appropriations into an MCA in 2016/17 titled "Public Safety is Improved" in order to align the appropriations with the Department's strategic outcomes.

In addition, from 2016/17 the "Rehabilitation and Reintegration" appropriation has been renamed "Re-offending is Reduced", there was no structural change for this appropriation.

Explanations of the reasons for changing the appropriation structure are noted in the details of each appropriation in Parts 2-4.

1.5 - Relationship between Individual Appropriations and the Work Programmes#

Objectives of the Vote

      

Government Priorities

Corrections End Outcomes

Corrections Intermediate Outcomes

Corrections Appropriations
Delivery of better public services - Reduce re-offending by 25% by 2017 Public Safety is Improved Harm levels of re-offending are reduced Public Safety is Improved (MCA)
    The integrity of sentences and orders is improved Re-offending is Reduced
A Safe and secure Corrections system is assured
  Re-offending is Reduced Offenders' capability to lead law abiding lives is improved Policy Advice and Ministerial Services (MCA)
     
    Offenders' ability to integrate into the community is improved  

Part 2 - Details of Departmental Appropriations#

2.1 - Departmental Output Expenses#

Re-offending is Reduced (M18)

Scope of Appropriation

This appropriation is limited to the provision of rehabilitation interventions and reintegration services to offenders serving custodial and community-based sentences that address the underlying causes of criminal offending and reduce re-offending.

Expenses and Revenue

  2015/16 2016/17
  Final Budgeted
$000		 Estimated Actual
$000		 Budget
$000
Total Appropriation 180,300 180,300 182,187
Revenue from the Crown 149,925 149,925 152,493
Revenue from Others 24,057 24,057 29,694

Components of the Appropriation

  2015/16 2016/17
  Final Budgeted
test $000		 Estimated Actual
$000		 Budget
$000
Case Management 24,085 24,085 23,650
Interventions - Training and Education 6,339 6,339 6,225
Interventions - Offender Employment 46,660 46,660 45,667
Interventions - Rehabilitation 83,869 83,869 85,002
Interventions - Reintegration 19,347 19,347 21,643
Total 180,300 180,300 182,187

What is Intended to be Achieved with this Appropriation

This appropriation is intended to achieve a reduction in re-offending rates. It provides for the timely assessment of the rehabilitative and reintegrative needs of offenders and those remanded in custody. This appropriation ensures identified offender needs are addressed through rehabilitation, education, employment and reintegration activities.

How Performance will be Assessed and End of Year Reporting Requirements

  2015/16 2016/17
Assessment of Performance Final Budgeted
Standard		 Estimated
Actual		 Budget
Standard

Individual offender rehabilitation needs are identified and met

      

The proportion of prisoners with an identified activity on their offender plan who have a matching scheduled programme placement

 New measure for 2016/17 75% 80%

The proportion of community offenders with an identified activity on their offender plan who have a matching scheduled placement for a Departmental programme

 New measure for 2016/17 15% 15%

The proportion of prisoners who demonstrate statistically significant gains through intensive literacy and numeracy provision

 New measure for 2016/17 30% 30%

The percentage of prisoners entitled to receive an offender plan that received one

 95% 95% N/a

The proportion of offenders entitled to receive an offender plan that received one within Standards of Practice timeframes:

      
  • Prisoners
 85% 90% 90%
  • Community-based offenders
 New measure for 2016/17 80% 90%

The number of offenders who have completed a rehabilitation programme:

      
  • Prisoners
 5,549 5,500 N/a
  • Community-based offenders
 3,134 3,000 N/a

The percentage of offenders who start and complete a rehabilitation programme:

      
  • Prisoners
 85% 85% 85%
  • Community-based offenders
 65% 65% 65%

The total number of qualifications achieved by prisoners while in prison

 4,240 4,240 N/a

The average number of hours engaged in industry and learning activities per prisoner

 Benchmark set at end of 2015/16 30 - 32 N/a

Re-integration initiatives ensure sustainability of rehabilitation interventions

      

The total number of referrals made to reintegration service providers

 New measure for 2016/17 4,500 4,500

The total number of referrals made to reintegration service providers that resulted in one or more outcomes being achieved

 4,300 3,500 3,500

All public prisons to be transitioned to the working prisons framework and achieving on average 100% prisoner engagement by 30 June 2017

 New measure for 2016/17 16 prisons,100% engagement 16 prisons,100% engagement

Current and Past Policy Initiatives

Policy Initiative Year of
First
Impact		 2015/16
Final Budgeted
$000		 2016/17
Budget
$000		 2017/18
Estimated
$000		 2018/19
Estimated
$000		 2019/20
Estimated
$000
Temporary Release and Pre-release Planning (Guided Release) 2016/17 - 1,200 1,000 1,000 1,000
Out of Gate Navigation Services for Short-Serving Prisoners 2015/16 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000
Work and Living Skills Road Safety Intervention Package 2015/16 1,500 - - - -
Alcohol and Other Drug Aftercare Package to Support Offenders 2015/16 1,125 3,750 3,750 - -

End of Year Performance Reporting

Performance information for this appropriation will be reported by the Department of Corrections in its Annual Report.

2.3 - Departmental Capital Expenditure and Capital Injections#

Department of Corrections - Capital Expenditure PLA (M18)#

Scope of Appropriation

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.

Capital Expenditure

  2015/16 2016/17
  Final Budgeted
$000		 Estimated Actual
$000		 Budget
$000
Forests/Agricultural - - -
Land - - -
Property, Plant and Equipment 178,464 178,464 191,543
Intangibles 20,119 20,119 27,793
Other 109,062 109,062 192,859

Total Appropriation

 307,645 307,645 412,195

What is Intended to be Achieved with this Appropriation

This appropriation is intended to achieve renewal and replacement of assets in support of the provision of the Departments outputs. The Department has a programme of work that is focused on upgrading its assets in response to changing service needs and ensuring sufficient capacity to accommodate prison population levels.

How Performance will be Assessed and End of Year Reporting Requirements

  2015/16 2016/17
Assessment of Performance Final Budgeted
Standard		 Estimated
Actual		 Budget
Standard

Number of newCommunity Corrections Sites (CCS) and existing site refurbishments

 35 35 22

Prison Development Programme - projects delivered

 4 4 3

End of Year Performance Reporting

Performance information for this appropriation will be reported by the Department of Corrections in its Annual Report.

Capital Injections and Movements in Departmental Net Assets

Department of Corrections

Details of Net Asset Schedule 2015/16
Estimated Actual
$000		 2016/17
Projected
$000		 Explanation of Projected Movements in 2016/17
Opening Balance 2,450,714 2,432,616  
Capital Injections 4,508 1,654 Capital injections relate to the retention of insurance proceeds from the 2012 Christchurch Earthquake and the 2013 Spring Hill Riot.
Capital Withdrawals (2,000) (72,000) 2015/16 and 2016/17 capital withdrawals of $2 million per year relate to the Departments contribution to the Budget 2015 System Package. The remaining 2016/17 capital withdrawal represents the surplus capital reserves as a result of the Department utilising private sector finance for the construction of the new facility at Auckland Prison.
Surplus to be Retained (Deficit Incurred) (20,606) - The 2015/16 forecasted deficit largely relates to the un-realised year to date fair value movement on the Departments interest rate swap entered into with NZDMO to manage risk relating to public private partnership transactions.
Other Movements - -  

Closing Balance

 2,432,616 2,362,270  

Part 4 - Details of Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure#

Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure#

Policy Advice and Ministerial Services (M18)

Overarching Purpose Statement

The single overarching purpose of this appropriation is to provide policy advice and other support to Ministers in discharging their policy decision-making and other portfolio responsibilities.

Scope of Appropriation

Departmental Output Expenses
Ministerial Services
This category is limited to Department responses to ministerial correspondence and parliamentary questions.
Policy Advice
This category is limited to the provision of advice (including second opinion advice and contributions to policy advice led by other agencies) to support decision-making by Ministers on government policy matters.

Expenses, Revenue and Capital Expenditure

  2015/16 2016/17
  Final Budgeted
$000		 Estimated Actual
$000		 Budget
$000

Total Appropriation

 3,284 3,284 2,687

Departmental Output Expenses

      
Ministerial Services 1,640 1,640 1,041
Policy Advice 1,644 1,644 1,646

Funding for Departmental Output Expenses

      

Revenue from the Crown

 3,284 3,284 2,687
Ministerial Services 1,640 1,640 1,041
Policy Advice 1,644 1,644 1,646

What is Intended to be Achieved with this Appropriation

This appropriation is intended to enable the Department to respond to ministerial requests and parliamentary questions with a high standard of service. It also allows the Department to provide policy advice to support decision-making by Ministers on government policy matters.

This Multi Category Appropriation provides core services to co-ordinate information provided to government and the public as well as developing policy that improves outcomes for New Zealand communities.

How Performance will be Assessed for this Appropriation

  2015/16 2016/17
Assessment of Performance Final Budgeted
Standard		 Estimated
Actual		 Budget
Standard

Policy Advice and Ministerial Services

      

The office of the Minister of Corrections is satisfied with the level of quality of policy advice, and of draft Ministerial correspondence, provided by the Department (determined by an Annual Survey of satisfaction)

 84% 84% 84%

What is Intended to be Achieved with each Category and How Performance will be Assessed

  2015/16 2016/17
Assessment of Performance Final Budgeted
Standard		 Estimated
Actual		 Budget
Standard

Departmental Output Expenses

      

Ministerial Services

      

This category is intended to ensure timely, accurate and relevant responses are provided to ministerial correspondence, parliamentary questions and requests for information made under the Official Information Act

      
Quality
      

The percentage of ministerial draft correspondence that is signed without changes

 90% 98% 95%
Timeliness
      

The percentage of all responses to parliamentary questions that are completed within five working days

 98% 65% 98%

The percentage of responses to ministerial draft correspondence that are completed within 20 working days

 98% 100% 98%

Policy Advice

      

This category is intended to provide meaningful advice and the development of robust policy that enhances service delivery and to contribute to the development of effective criminal justice legislation. This category also ensures that service activities intended to reduce re-offending are effectively evaluated and that information regarding those evaluations is available to inform decision-making

      
Quality
      

Technical quality of policy advice papers assessed by a survey with a methodological robustness of 90%

 At least an average of 70% At least an average of 70% At least an average of 70%

The office of the Minister of Corrections is satisfied with the quality of policy advice provided, including quality of the written material and quality of the advice provided (measured through an annual survey)

 78% 78% 78%
Cost
      

Total cost per output hours of professional staff time devoted to policy advice and other policy functions

 $105 $105 $105

End of Year Performance Reporting

Performance information for this appropriation will be reported by the Department of Corrections in its Annual Report.

Reasons for Change in Appropriation

The decrease in funding in the 2016/17 year is due to a one-off increase in funding required in 2015/16 as a result of increased volumes of correspondence and parliamentary questions, in particular relating to the Step-In at Mount Eden Corrections Facility.

Public Safety is Improved (M18)#

Overarching Purpose Statement#

The single overarching purpose of this appropriation is to manage offenders serving custodial and community-based sentences in a manner so as to improve the safety of offenders, staff, victims and the public.

Scope of Appropriation#

Departmental Output Expenses

Information and Administrative Services to the Judiciary and New Zealand Parole Board
This category is limited to the provision of information about offenders to victims of crime, the Judiciary and the New Zealand Parole Board and the provision of administrative, financial and secretariat services to the New Zealand Parole Board.
Prison-based Custodial Services
This category is limited to the provision of custodial services including under long-term service contracts and Public Private Partnerships for offenders lawfully required to be detained in custody. This includes remand prisoners (people awaiting trial and offenders convicted but not yet sentenced), those offenders sentenced to imprisonment, and any other offenders required to be lawfully detained in custody.
Sentences and Orders Served in the Community
This category is limited to the management and delivery of sentences and orders served in the community, and electronic monitoring of people on bail.

Expenses, Revenue and Capital Expenditure#

  2015/16 2016/17
  Final Budgeted
$000		 Estimated Actual
$000		 Budget
$000

Total Appropriation

 - - 1,167,910

Departmental Output Expenses

      
Information and Administrative Services to the Judiciary and New Zealand Parole Board - - 59,196
Prison-based Custodial Services - - 899,610
Sentences and Orders Served in the Community - - 209,104

Funding for Departmental Output Expenses

      

Revenue from the Crown

 - - 1,164,716
Information and Administrative Services to the Judiciary and New Zealand Parole Board - - 59,196
Prison-based Custodial Services - - 896,416
Sentences and Orders Served in the Community - - 209,104

Revenue from Others

 - - 3,194
Prison-based Custodial Services - - 3,194

Components of the Appropriation#

  2015/16 2016/17
  Final Budgeted
$000		 Estimated Actual
$000		 Budget
$000

Information and Administrative Services to the Judiciary and the New Zealand Parole Board

      
Information Services to the Judiciary - - 44,242
Information Services to the New Zealand Parole Board (NZPB) - - 8,933
Information and Administrative Services to Victims - - 115
Administrative Services to the New Zealand Parole Board (NZPB) - - 5,906

Prison-based Custodial Services

      
Asset Management - - 363,677
Sentenced - - 362,799
Remand - - 59,235
Third Party - - 86,134
Health - - 27,765

Sentences and Orders Served in the Community

      
Community Based Sentences - - 119,026
Post-Release Orders - - 49,705
Home Detention Sentences - - 33,940
Electronic Monitoring Bail (EM Bail) - - 6,433
Total     1,167,910

Comparators for Restructured Appropriation#

  2015/16 2016/17
Vote, Type and Title of Appropriation Final Budgeted
$000		 Estimated Actual
$000		 Budget
$000
 Vote Corrections - Department Output Expenses      
Information and Administrative Services to the Judiciary and New Zealand Parole Board 59,156 59,156 -
Prison-based Custodial Services 858,858 858,858 -
Sentences and Orders Served in the Community 210,887 210,887 -
Total  1,128,901  1,128,901 -

What is Intended to be Achieved with this Appropriation#

This appropriation is intended to enable the Department to detain all prisoners in custody in a safe and humane way that protects the public and maintains the safety of all involved. It enables safe management of sentences served in the community and the ability for offenders to be held to account for successfully completing their sentence or order.

This Multi Category Appropriation provides core services to the Judiciary and New Zealand Parole Board that enable informed sentencing and parole decisions to be made in a timely manner, and notification of offenders and victims regarding the outcomes of the judicial process.

How Performance will be Assessed for this Appropriation#

The performance for this appropriation will be assessed by the following performance measures specified in each category below.

What is Intended to be Achieved with each Category and How Performance will be Assessed#

  2015/16 2016/17
Assessment of Performance Final Budgeted
Standard		 Estimated
Actual		 Budget
Standard

Departmental Output Expenses

      

Information and Administrative Services to the Judiciary and New Zealand Parole Board

      

This category is intended to provide core services to the Judiciary and New Zealand Parole Board that enable informed sentencing and parole decisions to be made in a timely manner, and notification of offenders and victims regarding the outcomes of the judicial process

      
The Judiciary and New Zealand Parole Board (NZPB) make informed decisions
      

The percentage of pre-sentence reports provided to court within agreed timeframes before sentencing:

      
  • Probation reports
 - - 95%
  • Psychological reports
 - - 95%

The percentage of parole reports provided to agreed timeframes pursuant to NZPB requirements:

      
  • Parole Assessment reports
 - - 90%
  • Parole Progress reports
 - - 95%
  • Psychological reports
 - - 95%

The percentage of offenders who are notified as per NZPB requirements

 - - 98%

The percentage of victims who are notified as per NZPB requirements

 - - 98%

The percentage of all cases to be heard by the NZPB that are scheduled no later than 16 weeks from the date of the hearing

 - - 98%

The number of justified complaints about notification services received from registered victims

 - - Nil

Prison-based Custodial Services

      

This category is intended to enable the Department to detain all prisoners in custody in a safe and humane way that protects the public and maintains the safety of all involved

      
Custodial environments are safe and humane
      

The number of escapes

 - - Lower than average across the past 5 years (5)

The number of breakout escapes as a proportion of all escapes

 - - 0%

The proportion of general random drug tests undertaken by prisoners that have a positive result

 - - Less than 5%

The number of unnatural deaths

 - - Nil

The number of prisoner on prisoner assaults that are serious

 - - Lower than average across the past 5 years (46)

The number of prisoner on staff assaults that are serious

 - - Lower than average across the past 5 years (11)

The number of justified complaints by prisoners to the Corrections Inspectorate

 - - Lower than average across the past 5 years (42)

The proportion of justified complaints by prisoners to the Corrections Inspectorate upheld for reasons of materiality

 - - Less than 25%

The percentage of Prison Services Health Centres in prison that retained their Cornerstone accreditation status following completion of annual review

 - - 100%

Sentences and Orders Served in the Community

      

This category is intended to achieve safe management of sentences served in the community and the ability for offenders to be held to account for successfully completing their sentence or order

      
Community sentences address safety and rehabilitation needs
      

The proportion of community-based offenders who successfully complete their sentence or order

 - - 65% - 80%
Offenders are held to account
      

The proportion of community-based offenders being held to account by Probation staff for non-compliance

 - - 90%

The proportion of offenders on Electronic Monitoring (EM) who are reconvicted of a new offence whilst under EM Conditions

 - - Less than 4%

Current and Past Policy Initiatives#

Policy Initiative Year of
First
Impact		 2015/16
Final Budgeted
$000		 2016/17
Budget
$000		 2017/18
Estimated
$000		 2018/19
Estimated
$000		 2019/20
Estimated
$000
Corrections Financial Stability Post 2015/16 2016/17 - 52,825 52,825 52,825 52,825
Prison Capacity Build Programme - Phase One: Immediate Capacity Responses 2016/17 - 19,500 23,600 18,100 18,100
Mt Eden Corrections Facility Management Options 2016/17 - 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000
Muster Growth (Maintaining Financial Stability in 2015/16) 2015/16 15,000 - - - -
Mt Eden Corrections Facility Step-In (Maintaining Financial Stability in 2015/19) 2015/16 9,000 - - - -
Additional Remand Beds at Mt Eden Corrections Facility and Expansion of AVL Capacity 2015/16 3,600 - - - -
Management of Offenders returning to New Zealand 2015/16 2,494 3,900 3,200 2,700 2,200
Strengthened Electronic Monitoring Strap for High Risk Offenders 2015/16 550 - - - -
Proceeds of Crime - Moana House 2014/15 100 100 - - -
Electronically Monitored Bail 2013/14 5,800 5,400 5,400 5,400 5,400
Public Protection Orders 2013/14 920 - - - -

End of Year Performance Reporting#

Performance information for this appropriation will be reported by the Department of Corrections in its Annual Report.

Reasons for Change in Appropriation#

The increase in funding in the 2016/17 year is mainly due to increased cost pressures from multiple sources including increase in prison population levels.