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Vote Corrections#
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 2018/19 financial year covering:
Operating Expenditure:
- a total of just over $1,034 million (65.8% 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 $236 million (15% 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 $231 million (14.7% 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 $66 million (4.2% 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 over $2.5 million (0.2% 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 $393 million on the purchase or development of assets by and for the use of the Department of Corrections.
The Minister of Corrections is also responsible for a capital injection of over $272 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#
2017/18 | 2018/19 | ||
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Titles and Scopes of Appropriations by Appropriation Type | Final Budgeted $000 |
Estimated Actual $000 |
Budget $000 |
Departmental Output Expenses |
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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. |
222,415 | 216,565 | 231,078 |
Total Departmental Output Expenses |
222,415 | 216,565 | 231,078 |
Departmental Capital Expenditure |
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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. |
291,410 | 291,410 | 393,004 |
Total Departmental Capital Expenditure |
291,410 | 291,410 | 393,004 |
Non-Departmental Other Expenses |
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Waikeria Corrections and Treatment Facility (M18) This appropriation is limited to infrastructure improvements that are either a condition of the designation or otherwise necessary to enable the development of the Waikeria Corrections and Treatment Facility. |
7,500 | 7,500 | - |
Total Non-Departmental Other Expenses |
7,500 | 7,500 | - |
Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure |
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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. |
4,546 | 4,546 | 4,546 |
Departmental Output Expenses |
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Ministerial Services This category is limited to Department responses to ministerial correspondence and parliamentary questions. |
1,988 | 1,988 | 1,987 |
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. |
2,558 | 2,558 | 2,559 |
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. |
1,277,367 | 1,274,017 | 1,337,095 |
Departmental Output Expenses |
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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. |
61,713 | 61,713 | 66,223 |
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. |
994,387 | 993,837 | 1,034,448 |
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. |
221,267 | 218,467 | 236,424 |
Total Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure |
1,281,913 | 1,278,563 | 1,341,641 |
Total Annual and Permanent Appropriations |
1,803,238 | 1,794,038 | 1,965,723 |
Capital Injection Authorisations#
2017/18 | 2018/19 | ||
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Final Budgeted $000 |
Estimated Actual $000 |
Budget $000 |
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Department of Corrections - Capital Injection (M18) | 81,900 | 81,900 | 272,100 |
Supporting Information#
Part 1 - Vote as a Whole#
1.1 - New Policy Initiatives
Policy Initiative | Appropriation | 2017/18 Final Budgeted $000 |
2018/19 Budget $000 |
2019/20 Estimated $000 |
2020/21 Estimated $000 |
2021/22 Estimated $000 |
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Prisoner Volumes - Responding to Growth |
Public Safety is Improved MCA - Prison-based Custodial Services |
- | 71,763 | 63,314 | 61,870 | 58,015 |
Re-offending is Reduced |
- | 13,937 | 15,707 | 15,732 | 15,747 | |
Offenders In The Community - Maintaining Public Safety |
Public Safety is Improved MCA - Various |
- | 22,465 | 25,867 | 29,085 | 33,081 |
Re-offending is Reduced |
- | 4,505 | 4,883 | 5,015 | 3,019 | |
Holidays Act Compliance |
Public Safety is Improved MCA - Various |
16,000 | - | - | - | - |
Making the Prison Network More Safe, Humane and Effective |
Public Safety in Improved MCA - Prison-Based Custodial Services |
33,000 | - | - | - | - |
Burglary Prevention |
Re-offending is Reduced |
1,752 | 3,603 | 5,355 | 7,107 | 7,107 |
Total New Initiatives | 50,752 | 116,276 | 115,126 | 118,809 | 116,969 |
1.2 - Trends in the Vote#
Summary of Financial Activity#
2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | ||||
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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 |
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Appropriations |
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Output Expenses | 148,862 | 165,436 | 176,308 | 180,869 | 222,415 | 216,565 | 231,078 | - | 231,078 | 232,073 | 237,755 | 235,893 |
Benefits or Related Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | N/A | - | - | - | - | - |
Borrowing Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Other Expenses | - | - | - | - | 7,500 | 7,500 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Capital Expenditure | 318,859 | 263,197 | 246,715 | 256,654 | 291,410 | 291,410 | 393,004 | - | 393,004 | 149,485 | 78,333 | 104,418 |
Intelligence and Security Department Expenses and Capital Expenditure | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | N/A | - | - | - | - |
Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure (MCA) | ||||||||||||
Output Expenses | 1,040,262 | 1,064,725 | 1,120,277 | 1,164,131 | 1,281,913 | 1,278,563 | 1,341,641 | - | 1,341,641 | 1,350,587 | 1,337,851 | 1,347,478 |
Other Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Capital Expenditure | - | - | - | - | - | - | N/A | - | - | - | - | - |
Total Appropriations |
1,507,983 | 1,493,358 | 1,543,300 | 1,601,654 | 1,803,238 | 1,794,038 | 1,965,723 | - | 1,965,723 | 1,732,145 | 1,653,939 | 1,687,789 |
Crown Revenue and Capital Receipts |
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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#
There have been no restructuring adjustments to prior year information reported in last year's Summary of Financial Activity table.
1.3 - Analysis of Significant Trends#
Departmental Output Expense Trends
In Budget 2018 there is an increase in funding for interventions and rehabilitative activity, including Prisoner Volumes responding to Growth and Offenders in Community - Maintaining Public Safety.
Since early 2014, there has been a period of unprecedented and unanticipated growth in the prison population with continued growth forecast. The Department has secured new funding in both 2017/18 and 2018/19 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 volumes.
1.5 - Relationship between Individual Appropriations and the Work Programmes#
Objectives of the vote
Corrections End Outcomes | Corrections Intermediate Outcomes | 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
2017/18 | 2018/19 | ||
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Final Budgeted $000 |
Estimated Actual $000 |
Budget $000 |
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Total Appropriation | 222,415 | 216,565 | 231,078 |
Revenue from the Crown | 188,381 | 182,531 | 201,269 |
Revenue from Others | 28,885 | 28,885 | 27,060 |
Components of the Appropriation
2017/18 | 2018/19 | ||
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Final Budgeted $000 |
Estimated Actual $000 |
Budget $000 |
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Case Management | 37,842 | 37,842 | 38,208 |
Interventions - Training and Education | 5,049 | 5,049 | 5,300 |
Interventions - Offender Employment | 57,814 | 57,614 | 59,145 |
Interventions - Rehabilitation | 101,492 | 98,167 | 106,506 |
Interventions - Reintegration | 20,218 | 17,893 | 21,919 |
Total | 222,415 | 216,565 | 231,078 |
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
2017/18 | 2018/19 | ||
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Assessment of Performance | Final Budgeted Standard |
Estimated Actual |
Budget Standard |
The proportion of offenders entitled to receive an offender plan that received one within Standards of Practice timeframes: |
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90% | 90% | 90% |
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80% | 80% | 80% |
The proportion of offenders with an identified rehabilitation activity on their offender plan who have a matching scheduled placement for a Departmental programme |
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80% | 80% | 80% |
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33% | 50% | 45% |
The proportion of prisoners who have completed an intensive literacy and numeracy programme who demonstrate statistically significant gains |
30% | 45% | 35% |
The percentage of offenders who start and complete a rehabilitation programme: |
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85% | 85% | 85% |
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65% | 65% | 65% |
The total number of referrals made to reintegration service providers |
4,500 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
The total number of referrals made to reintegration service providers that resulted in a programme start |
3,500 | 4,000 | 4,000 |
All public prisons to be achieving on average 100% engagement for eligible prisoners |
100% engagement | 100% engagement | 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 |
2017/18 Final Budgeted $000 |
2018/19 Budget $000 |
2019/20 Estimated $000 |
2020/21 Estimated $000 |
2021/22 Estimated $000 |
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Current Government |
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Prisoner Volumes - Responding to Growth | 2018/19 | - | 13,937 | 15,707 | 15,732 | 15,747 |
Offenders In The Community - Maintaining Public Safety | 2018/19 | - | 4,505 | 4,883 | 5,015 | 3,019 |
Burglary Prevention | 2017/18 | 1,752 | 3,603 | 5,355 | 7,107 | 7,107 |
Previous Government |
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Sentences and Orders Served in the Community - Increased Investment | 2017/18 | 442 | 536 | 634 | 738 | 738 |
Prisoner Volumes | 2017/18 | 4,920 | 7,469 | 10,340 | 12,714 | 12,714 |
Prisoners at Risk of Self-harm and Suicide - Pilot | 2017/18 | 1,458 | 2,373 | 2,380 | 2,415 | 2,415 |
Industry, Treatment, and Learning Interventions - Increasing Access | 2017/18 | 2,780 | 4,520 | 5,650 | 5,650 | 5,650 |
Safe, Confident and Resilient Communities: Investment in Policing | 2017/18 | 440 | 1,320 | 2,640 | 4,400 | 4,400 |
Enhanced Mental Health Support Services | 2016/17 | 6,725 | - | - | - | - |
This Way for Work | 2016/17 | 1,250 | - | - | - | - |
Addressing Barriers to the Graduated Driver Licence System | 2016/17 | 303 | - | - | - | - |
Methamphetamine Targeted Screening and Rehabilitation for Prisoners | 2016/17 | 1,070 | - | - | - | - |
Expansion of the Brainwave Trust Programmes in Prison | 2016/17 | 300 | - | - | - | - |
Building Foundations and Community Alternatives - Reintegration Services for Women | 2016/17 | 889 | 889 | - | - | - |
Temporary Release and Pre-release Planning (Guided Release) | 2016/17 | 1,000 | 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 | - | - | - | - |
Reasons for Change in Appropriation
The increase in funding in the 2018/19 year reflects additional investment in interventions and rehabilitative activity.
2.3 - Departmental Capital Expenditure and Capital Injections#
Department of Corrections - Capital Expenditure PLA (M18)#
Scope of Appropriation
Capital Expenditure
2017/18 | 2018/19 | ||
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Final Budgeted $000 |
Estimated Actual $000 |
Budget $000 |
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Forests/Agricultural | - | - | - |
Land | - | - | - |
Property, Plant and Equipment | 218,798 | 218,798 | 364,504 |
Intangibles | 18,742 | 18,742 | 28,500 |
Other | 53,870 | 53,870 | - |
Total Appropriation |
291,410 | 291,410 | 393,004 |
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 Department's 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
2017/18 | 2018/19 | ||
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Assessment of Performance | Final Budgeted Standard |
Estimated Actual |
Budget Standard |
Number of newCommunity Corrections Sites (CCS) and existing site refurbishments |
10 | 6 | 8 |
Prison Capacity Programme - permanent beds added |
500 | 521 | 503 |
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 increase 2018/19 capital expenditure is mainly due to the spend on the Prisoner Volumes - Responding to Growth initiative.
Department of Corrections
Details of Net Asset Schedule | 2017/18 Estimated Actual $000 |
2018/19 Projected $000 |
Explanation of Projected Movements in 2018/19 |
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Opening Balance | 2,446,992 | 2,504,308 | |
Capital Injections | 81,900 | 272,100 | Additional funding to increase prison capacity. |
Capital Withdrawals | (5,135) | (20,000) | 2017/18 capital to operating swap of $5 million and $135,000 return of surplus Justice sector funds to Crown. The 2018/19 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) | (19,449) | (2,749) | The 2017/18 forecasted loss largely relates to the un-realised year to date fair value movement on the Departments interest rate swap entered into with New Zealand Debt Management Office to manage the risk relating to public private partnership transactions. The 2018/19 loss relates to the third party revenue shortfall. |
Other Movements | - | - | |
Closing Balance |
2,504,308 | 2,753,659 |
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
2017/18 | 2018/19 | ||
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Final Budgeted $000 |
Estimated Actual $000 |
Budget $000 |
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Total Appropriation |
4,546 | 4,546 | 4,546 |
Departmental Output Expenses |
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Ministerial Services | 1,988 | 1,988 | 1,987 |
Policy Advice | 2,558 | 2,558 | 2,559 |
Funding for Departmental Output Expenses |
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Revenue from the Crown |
4,541 | 4,541 | 4,541 |
Ministerial Services | 1,985 | 1,985 | 1,985 |
Policy Advice | 2,556 | 2,556 | 2,556 |
Revenue from Others |
5 | 5 | 5 |
Ministerial Services | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Policy Advice | 2 | 2 | 3 |
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
2017/18 | 2018/19 | ||
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Assessment of Performance | Final Budgeted Standard |
Estimated Actual |
Budget Standard |
Policy Advice and Ministerial Services# |
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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% | 85% |
What is Intended to be Achieved with each Category and How Performance will be Assessed
2017/18 | 2018/19 | ||
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Assessment of Performance | Final Budgeted Standard |
Estimated Actual |
Budget Standard |
Departmental Output Expenses |
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Ministerial Services |
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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 |
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The percentage of ministerial draft correspondence that is signed without changes |
95% | 100% | Greater than 95% |
The percentage of all responses to parliamentary questions that are completed within five working days |
98% | 100% | Greater than 98% |
The percentage of responses to ministerial draft correspondence that are completed within 20 working days |
98% | 100% | Greater than 98% |
Policy Advice |
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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 |
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Technical quality of policy advice papers assessed by a survey with a methodological robustness of 90% |
At least an average of 70% | 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% | 80% |
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.
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#
2017/18 | 2018/19 | ||
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Final Budgeted $000 |
Estimated Actual $000 |
Budget $000 |
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Total Appropriation |
1,277,367 | 1,274,017 | 1,337,095 |
Departmental Output Expenses |
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Information and Administrative Services to the Judiciary and New Zealand Parole Board | 61,713 | 61,713 | 66,223 |
Prison-based Custodial Services | 994,387 | 993,837 | 1,034,448 |
Sentences and Orders Served in the Community | 221,267 | 218,467 | 236,424 |
Funding for Departmental Output Expenses |
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Revenue from the Crown |
1,271,467 | 1,268,667 | 1,333,306 |
Information and Administrative Services to the Judiciary and New Zealand Parole Board | 61,567 | 61,567 | 66,150 |
Prison-based Custodial Services | 989,070 | 989,070 | 1,030,936 |
Sentences and Orders Served in the Community | 220,830 | 218,030 | 236,220 |
Revenue from Others |
5,900 | 5,350 | 3,789 |
Information and Administrative Services to the Judiciary and New Zealand Parole Board | 146 | 146 | 73 |
Prison-based Custodial Services | 5,317 | 4,767 | 3,512 |
Sentences and Orders Served in the Community | 437 | 437 | 204 |
Components of the Appropriation#
2017/18 | 2018/19 | ||
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Final Budgeted $000 |
Estimated Actual $000 |
Budget $000 |
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Information and Administrative Services to the Judiciary and New Zealand Parole Board |
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Information Services to the Judiciary | 49,040 | 49,040 | 52,590 |
Information Services to the New Zealand Parole Board (NZPB) | 6,788 | 6,788 | 7,314 |
Information and Administrative Services to Victims | 203 | 203 | 216 |
Administrative Services to the New Zealand Parole Board (NZPB) | 5,682 | 5,682 | 6,103 |
Prison-based Custodial Services |
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Asset Management | 349,223 | 348,673 | 356,861 |
Sentenced | 392,406 | 392,406 | 400,003 |
Remand | 146,810 | 146,810 | 142,077 |
Third Party | 63,015 | 63,015 | 92,942 |
Health | 42,933 | 42,933 | 42,565 |
Sentences and Orders Served in the Community |
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Community Based Sentences | 122,958 | 121,038 | 130,330 |
Post-Release Orders | 56,419 | 55,919 | 60,895 |
Home Detention Sentences | 36,223 | 35,903 | 38,314 |
Electronic Monitoring Bail (EM Bail) | 5,667 | 5,607 | 6,885 |
Total | 1,277,367 | 1,274,017 | 1,337,095 |
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#
2017/18 | 2018/19 | ||
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Assessment of Performance | Final Budgeted Standard |
Estimated Actual |
Budget Standard |
Departmental Output Expenses |
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Information and Administrative Services to the Judiciary and New Zealand Parole Board |
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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 |
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The percentage of pre-sentence reports provided to court within agreed timeframes before sentencing: |
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95% | 95% | 95% |
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95% | 95% | 95% |
The percentage of parole reports provided to agreed timeframes pursuant to NZPB requirements: |
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90% | 90% | 90% |
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95% | 95% | 95% |
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95% | 95% | 95% |
The percentage of offenders who are notified as per New Zealand Parole Board requirements |
98% | 100% | 98% |
The percentage of victims who are notified as per New Zealand Parole Board requirements |
98% | 98% | 98% |
The percentage of all cases to be heard by the New Zealand Parole Board that are scheduled within the timeframes specified by the Parole Act 2002 |
98% | 100% | 98% |
The number of justified complaints about notification services received from registered victims |
Nil | 1 | Nil |
Prison-based Custodial Services |
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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 |
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The number of escapes |
Lower than average across the past 5 years (3) | 3 | Not a measure for 2018/19 |
The number of breakout escapes as a proportion of all escapes |
0% | 0% | Not a measure for 2018/19 |
The number of breakout escapes |
New measure for 2018/19 | 0 | 0 |
The number of non-breakout escapes |
New measure for 2018/19 | 3 | Less than or equal to 5 |
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 | 7 | Nil |
The percentage of Death in Custody reports for unnatural deaths, that are completed by the Office of the Inspectorate within six months of the death occurring |
New measure 2018/19 | 80% | Greater than 80% |
The number of prisoner on prisoner assaults that are serious |
Lower than average across the past 5 years (46) | 46 | Not a measure for 2018/19 |
The rate of prisoner on prisoner assaults that are serious, per 100 prisoners |
New measure for 2018/19 | 0.41 | Less than or equal to 0.50 |
The number of prisoner on staff assaults that are serious |
Lower than average across the past 5 years (13) | 18 | Not a measure for 2018/19 |
The rate of prisoner on staff assaults that are serious, per 100 prisoners |
New measure for 2018/19 | 0.08 | Less than or equal to 0.20 |
The number of justified complaints by prisoners to the Corrections Inspectorate upheld for not meeting process requirements |
Less than 11 | 15 | Not a measure for 2018/19 |
The number of justified complaints by prisoners to the Corrections Inspectorate upheld for reasons of materiality |
Less than 12 | 5 | Not a measure for 2018/19 |
The proportion of all complaints received to the Office of the Inspectorate that are acknowledged within 10 working days of receipt |
New measure 2018/19 | 100% | 100% |
The proportion of all complaint investigations completed by the Office of the Inspectorate within three months of being received |
New measure 2018/19 | 80% | Greater than 80% |
The percentage of Health Centres in prisons that retained their Cornerstone accreditation status following completion of an annual review |
100% | 100% | 100% |
Sentences and Orders Served in the Community |
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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 |
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The proportion of community-based offenders who successfully complete their sentence or order |
65% - 80% | 80% | Greater than 75% |
The proportion of community-based offenders being held to account by Probation staff for non-compliance |
90% | 90% | 90% |
The proportion of offenders on Electronic Monitoring (EM) who are reconvicted of a new offence whilst under EM Conditions |
Less than 4% | 4% | Not a measure for 2018/19 |
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 |
2017/18 Final Budgeted $000 |
2018/19 Budget $000 |
2019/20 Estimated $000 |
2020/21 Estimated $000 |
2021/22 Estimated $000 |
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Current Government |
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Prisoner Volumes - Responding to Growth | 2018/19 | - | 71,763 | 63,314 | 61,870 | 58,015 |
Offenders In The Community - Maintaining Public Safety | 2018/19 | - | 22,465 | 25,867 | 29,085 | 33,081 |
Holidays Act Compliance | 2017/18 | 16,000 | - | - | - | - |
Making the Prison Network More Safe, Humane and Effective | 2017/18 | 33,000 | - | - | - | - |
Previous Government |
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Sentences and Orders Served in the Community - Increased Investment | 2017/18 | 10,133 | 11,539 | 13,016 | 14,562 | 14,562 |
Prisoner Volumes | 2016/17 | 75,811 | 74,194 | 71,300 | 53,443 | 53,443 |
Prisoners at Risk of Self-harm and Suicide - Pilot | 2017/18 | 425 | 850 | 850 | 850 | 850 |
Targeted Short-term Investments to Reduce Immediate Prison Capacity Pressures | 2016/17 | 4,000 | 4,000 | - | - | - |
Safe, Confident and Resilient Communities: Investment in Policing | 2017/18 | 2,860 | 8,450 | 16,580 | 27,300 | 27,300 |
Reform of Family Violence Law | 2018/19 | - | 10,700 | 21,146 | 27,603 | 33,111 |
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 | 23,600 | 18,100 | 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 | 3,200 | 2,700 | 2,200 | 2,200 | 2,200 |
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 2018/19 year is mainly to ensure that 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.