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 2017/18 financial year covering:
Operating Expenditure:
- a total of just under $938 million (66.0% 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 $217 million (15.3% 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 under $202 million (14.2% 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 $61 million (4.3% 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 (0.1% 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 under $2 million (0.1% of the Vote) for the Department's responses to ministerial correspondence and parliamentary questions.
Capital Expenditure:
- a total of just over $252 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.
The Minister of Corrections is also responsible for a capital injection of nearly $65 million for the Department of Corrections.
Details of these appropriations are set out in Parts 2-4.
Details of Appropriations and Capital Injections#
Annual and Permanent Appropriations#
| 2016/17 | 2017/18 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | 190,868 | 190,868 | 201,545 |
Total Departmental Output Expenses | 190,868 | 190,868 | 201,545 |
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. | 323,094 | 323,094 | 252,076 |
Total Departmental Capital Expenditure | 323,094 | 323,094 | 252,076 |
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. | 3,632 | 3,632 | 3,631 |
Departmental Output Expenses | |||
Ministerial ServicesThis category is limited to Department responses to ministerial correspondence and parliamentary questions. | 1,985 | 1,985 | 1,985 |
Policy AdviceThis 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. | 1,647 | 1,647 | 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. | 1,162,384 | 1,162,384 | 1,216,552 |
Departmental Output Expenses | |||
Information and Administrative Services to the Judiciary and New Zealand Parole BoardThis 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. | 58,966 | 58,966 | 61,393 |
Prison-based Custodial ServicesThis 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. | 894,481 | 894,481 | 937,872 |
Sentences and Orders Served in the CommunityThis category is limited to the management and delivery of sentences and orders served in the community, and electronic monitoring of people on bail. | 208,937 | 208,937 | 217,287 |
Total Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure | 1,166,016 | 1,166,016 | 1,220,183 |
Total Annual and Permanent Appropriations | 1,679,978 | 1,679,978 | 1,673,804 |
Capital Injection Authorisations#
| 2016/17 | 2017/18 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Final Budgeted $000 | Estimated Actual $000 | Budget $000 | |
| Department of Corrections - Capital Injection (M18) | 22,000 | 22,000 | 64,900 |
Supporting Information#
Part 1 - Vote as a Whole#
1.1 - New Policy Initiatives
| Policy Initiative | Appropriation | 2016/17 Final Budgeted $000 | 2017/18 Budget $000 | 2018/19 Estimated $000 | 2019/20 Estimated $000 | 2020/21 Estimated $000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sentences and Orders Served in the Community - Increased Investment | Re-offending is Reduced | - | 442 | 536 | 634 | 738 |
| Public Safety is Improved MCA - Various | - | 10,133 | 11,539 | 13,016 | 14,562 | |
| Prisoner Volumes | Re-offending is Reduced | - | 4,920 | 7,469 | 10,340 | 12,714 |
| Public Safety is Improved MCA - Prison-based Custodial Services | 7,500 | 75,811 | 74,194 | 71,300 | 53,443 | |
| Prisoners at Risk of Self-harm and Suicide - Pilot | Re-offending is Reduced | - | 1,458 | 2,373 | 2,380 | 2,415 |
| Public Safety is Improved MCA - Prison-based Custodial Services | - | 425 | 850 | 850 | 850 | |
| Industry, Treatment, and Learning Interventions - Increasing Access | Re-offending is Reduced | - | 2,780 | 4,520 | 5,650 | 5,650 |
| Targeted Short-term Investments to Reduce Immediate Prison Capacity Pressures | Public Safety is Improved MCA - Various | 850 | 4,000 | 4,000 | - | - |
| Safe, Confident and Resilient Communities: Investment in Policing | Re-offending is Reduced | - | 440 | 1,320 | 2,640 | 4,400 |
| Public Safety is Improved MCA - Various | - | 2,860 | 8,450 | 16,580 | 27,300 | |
| Reform of Family Violence Law | Public Safety is Improved MCA - Various | - | - | 10,700 | 21,146 | 27,603 |
| Enhanced Mental Health Support Services | Re-offending is Reduced | 7,072 | 6,725 | - | - | - |
| This Way for Work | Re-offending is Reduced | 1,250 | 1,250 | - | - | - |
| Addressing Barriers to the Graduated Driver Licence System | Re-offending is Reduced | 303 | 303 | - | - | - |
| Christchurch Justice Emergency Sector Precinct | Various | 60 | - | - | - | - |
| Methamphetamine Targeted Screening and Rehabilitation for Prisoners | Re-offending is Reduced | 1,070 | 1,070 | - | - | - |
| Stopping Drink Driving by Integrating Technology with Interventions | Re-offending is Reduced | 694 | - | - | - | - |
| Expansion of the Brainwave Trust Programmes in Prison | Re-offending is Reduced | 300 | 300 | - | - | - |
| Building Foundations and Community Alternatives - Reintegration Services for Women | Re-offending is Reduced | 511 | 889 | 889 | - | - |
| Total Initiatives | 19,610 | 113,806 | 126,840 | 144,536 | 149,675 |
1.2 - Trends in the Vote#
Summary of Financial Activity#
| 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 131,491 | 148,862 | 165,436 | 176,308 | 190,868 | 190,868 | 201,545 | - | 201,545 | 192,668 | 197,268 | 201,472 |
| Benefits or Related Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | N/A | - | - | - | - | - |
| Borrowing Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Capital Expenditure | 133,163 | 318,859 | 263,197 | 246,715 | 323,094 | 323,094 | 252,076 | - | 252,076 | 190,237 | 116,575 | 89,950 |
| Intelligence and Security Department Expenses and Capital Expenditure | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | N/A | - | - | - | - |
| Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure (MCA) | ||||||||||||
| Output Expenses | 1,027,991 | 1,040,262 | 1,064,725 | 1,120,277 | 1,166,016 | 1,166,016 | 1,220,183 | - | 1,220,183 | 1,229,896 | 1,244,047 | 1,243,976 |
| Other Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Capital Expenditure | - | - | - | - | - | - | N/A | - | - | - | - | - |
Total Appropriations | 1,292,645 | 1,507,983 | 1,493,358 | 1,543,300 | 1,679,978 | 1,679,978 | 1,673,804 | - | 1,673,804 | 1,612,801 | 1,557,890 | 1,535,398 |
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#
For Budget 2017 there have been no restructuring adjustments to prior year information in the Summary of Financial Activity table.
1.3 - Analysis of Significant Trends#
Departmental Output Expense Trends
In Budget 2017 there is an increase in funding for interventions and rehabilitative activity, including Industry, Treatment and Learning Interventions, increased intervention and support for prisoners at-risk of self-harm and suicide, and Safe, Confident and Resilient Communities: Investment in Policing.
Since early 2014, there has been a period of unprecedented and unanticipated growth in the prison population with continued growth forecast. The Department has had its baseline reset and secured new funding in 2016/17 and outyears to ensure it has the capacity to accommodate the rising prison population, maintain public safety and reduce re-offending.
Departmental Capital Expenditure
The Department has a capital programme of work that is focused on ensuring sufficient capacity to accommodate growing prison population levels, and resilience to respond to changing demand and service needs.
Additional Capital Injections have been approved to increase prison capacity.
1.5 - Relationship between Individual Appropriations and the Work Programmes#
Objectives of the Vote
| Corrections End Outcomes | Corrections Intermediate Outcomes | Vote Corrections Appropriations | |
| Public Safety is Improved | Harm levels of re-offending are reduced | Public Safety is Improved (MCA) | |
| The integrity of sentences and orders is improved | |||
| A Safe and secure Corrections system is assured | Re-offending is Reduced | ||
| 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
Expenses and Revenue
| 2016/17 | 2017/18 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Final Budgeted $000 | Estimated Actual $000 | Budget $000 | |
| Total Appropriation | 190,868 | 190,868 | 201,545 |
| Revenue from the Crown | 159,156 | 159,156 | 171,851 |
| Revenue from Others | 23,759 | 23,759 | 29,694 |
Components of the Appropriation
| 2016/17 | 2017/18 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Final Budgeted $000 | Estimated Actual $000 | Budget $000 | |
| Case Management | 28,469 | 28,469 | 29,806 |
| Interventions - Training and Education | 4,290 | 4,290 | 5,194 |
| Interventions - Offender Employment | 44,701 | 44,701 | 48,771 |
| Interventions - Rehabilitation | 90,710 | 90,710 | 94,459 |
| Interventions - Reintegration | 22,698 | 22,698 | 23,315 |
| Total | 190,868 | 190,868 | 201,545 |
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
| 2016/17 | 2017/18 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 placement for a Departmental programme | 80% | 75% | 80% |
The proportion of community-based offenders with an identified activity on their offender plan who have a matching scheduled placement for a Departmental programme | 15% | 45% | 33% |
The proportion of prisoners who demonstrate statistically significant gains through intensive literacy and numeracy provision | 30% | 35% | 30% |
The proportion of offenders entitled to receive an offender plan that received one within Standards of Practice timeframes: | |||
| 90% | 90% | 90% |
| 90% | 73% | 80% |
The percentage of offenders who start and complete a rehabilitation programme: | |||
| 85% | 83% | 85% |
| 65% | 57% | 65% |
Re-integration initiatives ensure sustainability of rehabilitation interventions | |||
The total number of referrals made to reintegration service providers | 4,500 | 5,900 | 4,500 |
The total number of referrals made to reintegration service providers that resulted in a programme start | 3,500 | 3,400 | 3,500 |
All public prisons to be transitioned to the working prisons framework and achieving on average 100% prisoner engagement by 30 June 2017 | 16 prisons,100% engagement | 17 prisons, 96% engagement | N/A |
All public prisons to be achieving on average 100% engagement for eligible prisoners | N/A | N/A | 100% engagement |
End of Year Performance Reporting
Performance information for this appropriation will be reported by the Department of Corrections in its Annual Report.
Current and Past Policy Initiatives
| Policy Initiative | Year of First Impact | 2016/17 Final Budgeted $000 | 2017/18 Budget $000 | 2018/19 Estimated $000 | 2019/20 Estimated $000 | 2020/21 Estimated $000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sentences and Orders Served in the Community - Increased Investment | 2017/18 | - | 442 | 536 | 634 | 738 |
| Prisoner Volumes | 2017/18 | - | 4,920 | 7,469 | 10,340 | 12,714 |
| Prisoners at Risk of Self-harm and Suicide - Pilot | 2017/18 | - | 1,458 | 2,373 | 2,380 | 2,415 |
| Industry, Treatment, and Learning Interventions - Increasing Access | 2017/18 | - | 2,780 | 4,520 | 5,650 | 5,650 |
| Safe, Confident and Resilient Communities: Investment in Policing | 2017/18 | - | 440 | 1,320 | 2,640 | 4,400 |
| Enhanced Mental Health Support Services | 2016/17 | 7,072 | 6,725 | - | - | - |
| This Way for Work | 2016/17 | 1,250 | 1,250 | - | - | - |
| Addressing Barriers to the Graduated Driver Licence System | 2016/17 | 303 | 303 | - | - | - |
| Christchurch Justice Emergency Sector Precinct | 2016/17 | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| Methamphetamine Targeted Screening and Rehabilitation for Prisoners | 2016/17 | 1,070 | 1,070 | - | - | - |
| Stopping Drink Driving by Integrating Technology with Interventions | 2016/17 | 694 | - | - | - | - |
| Expansion of the Brainwave Trust Programmes in Prison | 2016/17 | 300 | 300 | - | - | - |
| Building Foundations and Community Alternatives - Reintegration Services for Women | 2016/17 | 511 | 889 | 889 | - | - |
| Temporary Release and Pre-release Planning (Guided Release) | 2016/17 | 1,200 | 1,000 | 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 |
| Alcohol and Other Drug Aftercare Package to Support Offenders | 2015/16 | 3,750 | 3,750 | - | - | - |
Reasons for Change in Appropriation
The increase in funding in the 2017/18 year reflects additional investment in interventions and rehabilitative activity, including Industry, Treatment and Learning Interventions and increased intervention and support for prisoners at-risk of self-harm and suicide.
2.3 - Departmental Capital Expenditure and Capital Injections#
Department of Corrections - Capital Expenditure PLA (M18)#
Scope of Appropriation
Capital Expenditure
| 2016/17 | 2017/18 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Final Budgeted $000 | Estimated Actual $000 | Budget $000 | |
| Forests/Agricultural | - | - | - |
| Land | - | - | - |
| Property, Plant and Equipment | 112,235 | 112,235 | 219,038 |
| Intangibles | 18,000 | 18,000 | 18,000 |
| Other | 192,859 | 192,859 | 15,038 |
Total Appropriation | 323,094 | 323,094 | 252,076 |
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 capital programme of work that is focused on upgrading its assets, providing resilience to respond to changing demand and service needs and ensuring sufficient capacity to accommodate growing prison population levels.
How Performance will be Assessed and End of Year Reporting Requirements
| 2016/17 | 2017/18 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment of Performance | Final Budgeted Standard | Estimated Actual | Budget Standard |
Number of newCommunity Corrections Sites (CCS) and existing site refurbishments | 22 | 4 | 10 |
Prison Development Programme - projects delivered | 3 | 3 | N/A |
Prison Capacity Programme - permanent beds added | N/A | 246 | 500 |
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 Department has revised its capital plan to reflect the impact of the Prison Capacity Programme increasing the available prison capacity to accommodate the rising prison population. The decrease in funding in the 2017/18 year for other capital expenditure is due to the completion of construction of the Auckland Prison under a Public Private Partnership.
Capital Injections and Movements in Departmental Net Assets
Department of Corrections
| Details of Net Asset Schedule | 2016/17 Estimated Actual $000 | 2017/18 Projected $000 | Explanation of Projected Movements in 2017/18 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening Balance | 2,349,980 | 2,371,737 | |
| Capital Injections | 22,000 | 64,900 | Additional funding to increase prison capacity |
| Capital Withdrawals | (5,600) | - | 2016/17 capital withdrawal of $2.0 million relates to the Departments contribution to the Budget 2015 System Package. The remaining 2016/17 capital withdrawal relates to the return of surplus Justice Sector Funds to the Crown. |
| Surplus to be Retained (Deficit Incurred) | 5,357 | - | The 2016/17 forecasted surplus 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, partly offset by the de-recognition of Tongariro/Rangipo assets following Treaty settlement land sale on 30 June 2015. |
| Other Movements | - | - | |
Closing Balance | 2,371,737 | 2,436,637 |
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
Scope of Appropriation
Departmental Output Expenses
Ministerial ServicesThis 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
| 2016/17 | 2017/18 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Final Budgeted $000 | Estimated Actual $000 | Budget $000 | |
Total Appropriation | 3,632 | 3,632 | 3,631 |
Departmental Output Expenses | |||
| Ministerial Services | 1,985 | 1,985 | 1,985 |
| Policy Advice | 1,647 | 1,647 | 1,646 |
Funding for Departmental Output Expenses | |||
Revenue from the Crown | 3,631 | 3,631 | 3,631 |
| Ministerial Services | 1,985 | 1,985 | 1,985 |
| Policy Advice | 1,646 | 1,646 | 1,646 |
Revenue from Others | 1 | 1 | - |
| Policy Advice | 1 | 1 | - |
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
| 2016/17 | 2017/18 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| 2016/17 | 2017/18 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 95% | 95% | 95% |
Timeliness | |||
The percentage of all responses to parliamentary questions that are completed within five working days | 98% | 98% | 98% |
The percentage of responses to ministerial draft correspondence that are completed within 20 working days | 98% | 98% | 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 | $92 | $105 |
End of Year Performance Reporting
Performance information for this appropriation will be reported by the Department of Corrections in its Annual Report.
Public Safety is Improved (M18)#
Overarching Purpose Statement#
Scope of Appropriation#
Departmental Output Expenses
Information and Administrative Services to the Judiciary and New Zealand Parole BoardThis 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#
| 2016/17 | 2017/18 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Final Budgeted $000 | Estimated Actual $000 | Budget $000 | |
Total Appropriation | 1,162,384 | 1,162,384 | 1,216,552 |
Departmental Output Expenses | |||
| Information and Administrative Services to the Judiciary and New Zealand Parole Board | 58,966 | 58,966 | 61,393 |
| Prison-based Custodial Services | 894,481 | 894,481 | 937,872 |
| Sentences and Orders Served in the Community | 208,937 | 208,937 | 217,287 |
Funding for Departmental Output Expenses | |||
Revenue from the Crown | 1,148,311 | 1,148,311 | 1,213,358 |
| Information and Administrative Services to the Judiciary and New Zealand Parole Board | 58,926 | 58,926 | 61,393 |
| Prison-based Custodial Services | 880,584 | 880,584 | 934,678 |
| Sentences and Orders Served in the Community | 208,801 | 208,801 | 217,287 |
Revenue from Others | 5,125 | 5,125 | 3,194 |
| Information and Administrative Services to the Judiciary and New Zealand Parole Board | 40 | 40 | - |
| Prison-based Custodial Services | 4,949 | 4,949 | 3,194 |
| Sentences and Orders Served in the Community | 136 | 136 | - |
Components of the Appropriation#
| 2016/17 | 2017/18 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Final Budgeted $000 | Estimated Actual $000 | Budget $000 | |
Information and Administrative Services to the Judiciary and New Zealand Parole Board | |||
| Information Services to the Judiciary | 45,618 | 45,618 | 47,405 |
| Information Services to the New Zealand Parole Board (NZPB) | 7,280 | 7,280 | 7,662 |
| Information and Administrative Services to Victims | 174 | 174 | 179 |
| Administrative Services to the New Zealand Parole Board (NZPB) | 5,894 | 5,894 | 6,147 |
Prison-based Custodial Services | |||
| Asset Management | 324,989 | 324,989 | 327,533 |
| Sentenced | 353,889 | 353,889 | 374,833 |
| Remand | 118,898 | 118,898 | 127,632 |
| Third Party | 67,268 | 67,268 | 76,953 |
| Health | 29,437 | 29,437 | 30,921 |
Sentences and Orders Served in the Community | |||
| Community Based Sentences | 118,447 | 118,447 | 121,522 |
| Post-Release Orders | 50,801 | 50,801 | 52,608 |
| Home Detention Sentences | 33,129 | 33,129 | 34,363 |
| Electronic Monitoring Bail (EM Bail) | 6,560 | 6,560 | 8,794 |
| Total | 1,162,384 | 1,162,384 | 1,216,552 |
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 measures specified in each category below.
What is Intended to be Achieved with each Category and How Performance will be Assessed#
| 2016/17 | 2017/18 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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: | |||
| 95% | 89% | 95% |
| 95% | 96% | 95% |
The percentage of parole reports provided to agreed timeframes pursuant to NZPB requirements: | |||
| 90% | 90% | 90% |
| 95% | 95% | 95% |
| 95% | 95% | 95% |
The percentage of offenders who are notified as per NZPB requirements | 98% | 100% | 98% |
The percentage of victims who are notified as per NZPB requirements | 98% | 100% | 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% | 100% | 98% |
The number of justified complaints about notification services received from registered victims | Nil | Nil | 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) | 3 - 5 | Lower than average across the past 5 years (3) |
The number of breakout escapes as a proportion of all escapes | 0% | 0% | 0% |
The proportion of general random drug tests undertaken by prisoners that have a positive result | Less than 5% | 4% | Less than 5% |
The number of unnatural deaths | Nil | 1 | Nil |
The number of prisoner on prisoner assaults that are serious | Lower than average across the past 5 years (46) | 17 - 25 | 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) | 12 - 18 | Lower than average across the past 5 years (13) |
The number of justified complaints by prisoners to the Corrections Inspectorate | Lower than average across the past 5 years (42) | 12 - 18 | N/A |
The number of justified complaints by prisoners to the Corrections Inspectorate upheld for not meeting process requirements | N/A | N/A | Benchmark set at end of 2016/17 |
The proportion of justified complaints by prisoners to the Corrections Inspectorate upheld for reasons of materiality | Less than 25% | 50% | N/A |
The number of justified complaints by prisoners to the Corrections Inspectorate upheld for reasons of materiality | N/A | N/A | Benchmark set at end of 2016/17 |
The percentage of in prison Health Centres that retained their Cornerstone accreditation status following completion of an annual review | 100% | 100% | 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% | 65% - 80% | 65% - 80% |
Offenders are held to account | |||
The proportion of community-based offenders being held to account by Probation staff for non-compliance | 90% | 94% | 90% |
The proportion of offenders on Electronic Monitoring (EM) who are reconvicted of a new offence whilst under EM Conditions | Less than 4% | Less than 4% | Less than 4% |
End of Year Performance Reporting#
Performance information for this appropriation will be reported by the Department of Corrections in its Annual Report.
Current and Past Policy Initiatives#
| Policy Initiative | Year of First Impact | 2016/17 Final Budgeted $000 | 2017/18 Budget $000 | 2018/19 Estimated $000 | 2019/20 Estimated $000 | 2020/21 Estimated $000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sentences and Orders Served in the Community - Increased Investment | 2017/18 | - | 10,133 | 11,539 | 13,016 | 14,562 |
| Prisoner Volumes | 2016/17 | 7,500 | 75,811 | 74,194 | 71,300 | 53,443 |
| Prisoners at Risk of Self-harm and Suicide - Pilot | 2017/18 | - | 425 | 850 | 850 | 850 |
| Targeted Short-term Investments to Reduce Immediate Prison Capacity Pressures | 2016/17 | 850 | 4,000 | 4,000 | - | - |
| Safe, Confident and Resilient Communities: Investment in Policing | 2017/18 | - | 2,860 | 8,450 | 16,580 | 27,300 |
| Reform of Family Violence Law | 2018/19 | - | - | 10,700 | 21,146 | 27,603 |
| Christchurch Justice Emergency Sector Precinct | 2016/17 | 50 | - | - | - | - |
| Corrections Financial Stability Post 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 52,825 | 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 | 18,100 |
| Mt Eden Corrections Facility Management Options | 2016/17 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Management of Offenders Returning to New Zealand | 2015/16 | 3,900 | 3,200 | 2,700 | 2,200 | 2,200 |
| Proceeds of Crime - Moana House | 2014/15 | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Electronically Monitored Bail | 2013/14 | 5,400 | 5,400 | 5,400 | 5,400 | 5,400 |
Reasons for Change in Appropriation#
The increase in funding in the 2017/18 year is mainly to ensure the Department is able to meet the costs associated with managing the continued growth forecast in the prison population, and the growing number of offenders being managed in the community. This is partly offset by a decrease in Capital Charge funding reflecting a 2% rate reduction and one-off funding in 2016/17 for the de-recognition of Tongariro/Rangipo assets following the Treaty settlement land sale on 30 June 2015.