Supplementary estimates of appropriations

Vote Corrections - Addition to the Supplementary Estimates 2019/20

Vote Corrections#

APPROPRIATION MINISTER(S): Minister of Corrections (M18)

APPROPRIATION ADMINISTRATOR: Department of Corrections

RESPONSIBLE MINISTER FOR DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS: Minister of Corrections

Details of Appropriations and Capital Injections#

Annual Appropriations and Forecast Permanent Appropriations#

Titles and Scopes of Appropriations by Appropriation Type 2019/20
Estimates
Budget
$000
Supplementary
Estimates
Budget
$000
Addition to the
Supplementary
Estimates
Budget
$000
Cumulative
Supplementary
Estimates
Budget
$000
Total
Budget
$000
Departmental Output Expenses          

Re-offending is Reduced (M18)

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

289,111 10,700 (14,710) (4,010) 285,101
Total Departmental Output Expenses 289,111 10,700 (14,710) (4,010) 285,101
Departmental Other Expenses          

Transfer of Auckland Prison Wastewater Assets (M18)

This appropriation is limited to the transfer of Auckland Prison Wastewater Assets to Watercare Services Limited.

- 9,100 - 9,100 9,100
Total Departmental Other Expenses - 9,100 - 9,100 9,100
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.

439,183 (26,514) 6,186 (20,328) 418,855
Total Departmental Capital Expenditure 439,183 (26,514) 6,186 (20,328) 418,855
Non-Departmental Other Expenses          

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.

33,082 4,700 - 4,700 37,782
Total Non-Departmental Other Expenses 33,082 4,700 - 4,700 37,782
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.

4,861 206 - 206 5,067
Departmental Output Expenses          

Ministerial Services

This category is limited to Department responses to ministerial correspondence and parliamentary questions.

2,305 31 - 31

2,336

 

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.

2,556 175 - 175

2,731

 

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.

1,405,418 41,145 35,788 76,933 1,482,351
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.

73,041 921 - 921 73,962

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.

1,080,157 39,271 31,046 70,317 1,150,474

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.

252,220 953 4,742 5,695 257,915
Total Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure 1,410,279 41,351 35,788 77,139 1,487,418
Total Annual Appropriations and Forecast Permanent Appropriations 2,171,655 39,337 27,264 66,601 2,238,256

Capital Injection Authorisations#

  2019/20
Estimates
Budget
$000
Supplementary
Estimates
Budget
$000
Addition to the
Supplementary
Estimates
Budget
$000
Cumulative
Supplementary
Estimates
Budget
$000
Total
Budget
$000
Department of Corrections - Capital Injection (M18) 27,350 - 6,186 6,186 33,536

Supporting Information#

Part 1 - Vote as a Whole#

1.2 - Trends in the Vote

Summary of Financial Activity
  2019/20
Estimates
$000
Cumulative Supplementary Estimates Total
$000
Departmental
Transactions
$000
Non-Departmental
Transactions
$000
Total
Transactions
$000
Appropriations          
Output Expenses 289,111 (4,010) - (4,010) 285,101
Benefits or Related Expenses - N/A - - -
Borrowing Expenses - - - - -
Other Expenses 33,082 9,100 4,700 13,800 46,882
Capital Expenditure 439,183 (20,328) - (20,328) 418,855
Intelligence and Security Department Expenses and Capital Expenditure - - N/A - -
Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure (MCA)          
   Output Expenses 1,410,279 77,139 - 77,139 1,487,418
   Other Expenses - - - - -
   Capital Expenditure - N/A - - -
Total Appropriations 2,171,655 61,901 4,700 66,601 2,238,256
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 - - -

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, reintegration and support services to defendants on bail and offenders serving custodial and community-based sentences that address the underlying causes of criminal offending and reduce re-offending.
Expenses and Revenue
  2019/20
Estimates
$000
Supplementary
Estimates
$000
Addition to the
Supplementary
Estimates
$000
Total
$000
Total Appropriation 289,111 10,700 (14,710) 285,101
Revenue from the Crown 259,417 5,424 (14,710) 250,131
Revenue from Others 26,945 5,276 - 32,221
Reasons for Change in Appropriation

This appropriation decreased by a further $14.710 million to $285.101 million for 2019/20 due to:

  • $16.670 million of savings initiatives.

The decrease was offset by $1.753 million new funding for supported accommodation, and $207,000 new funding for Maintaining Connectivity Between our Staff, and Between People in our Care and their Whānau.

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
  2019/20
Estimates
$000
Supplementary
Estimates
$000
Addition to the
Supplementary
Estimates
$000
Total
$000
Forests/Agricultural - - - -
Land - - - -
Property, Plant and Equipment 407,583 (35,547) 6,186 378,222
Intangibles 31,600 9,033 - 40,633
Other - - - -
Total Appropriation 439,183 (26,514) 6,186 418,855
Reasons for Change in Appropriation

This appropriation increased by a further $6.186 million to $418.855 million for 2019/20 due to:

  • $5.343 million new funding for Maintaining Connectivity Between our Staff, and Between People in our Care and their Whānau, and
  • $843,000 new funding for Thermal Imaging Detection System.
Capital Injections and Movements in Departmental Net Assets

Department of Corrections

Details of Net Asset Schedule

2019/20
Main
Estimates
Projections
$000

2019/20
Supplementary
Estimates
Projections
$000
2019/20
Addition to the
Supplementary
Estimates
Projections
$000
Explanation of Projected Movements in 2019/20
Opening Balance 2,684,419 2,902,524 2,902,524 Opening balance for Supplementary Estimates is the actual as at 1 July 2019 and closing balance for 2019/20 Main Estimates was the projection at the time of Budget 2019.
Capital Injections 27,350 27,350 33,536 Increase due to New Capital injections - Additions to Supplementary Estimates 2019/20.
Capital Withdrawals (40,000) (80,000) (80,000)  
Surplus to be Retained (Deficit Incurred) (2,401) (85,394) (85,394)  
Other Movements - - -  
Closing Balance 2,669,368 2,764,480 2,770,666  

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

4 - Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure

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
  2019/20
Estimates
$000
Supplementary
Estimates
$000
Addition to the
Supplementary
Estimates
$000
Total
$000
Total Appropriation 1,405,418 41,145 35,788 1,482,351
Departmental Output Expenses        
Information and administrative services to the judiciary and New Zealand Parole Board 73,041 921 - 73,962
Prison-based Custodial Services 1,080,157 39,271 31,046 1,150,474
Sentences and orders served in the community 252,220 953 4,742 257,915
Funding for Departmental Output Expenses        
Revenue from the Crown 1,402,224 39,949 23,788 1,465,961
Information and administrative services to the judiciary and New Zealand Parole Board 73,041 921 - 73,962
Prison-based Custodial Services 1,076,963 38,090 19,046 1,134,099
Sentences and orders served in the community 252,220 938 4,742 257,900
Revenue from Others 3,194 1,196 12,000 16,390
Prison-based Custodial Services 3,194 1,181 12,000 16,375
Sentences and orders served in the community - 15 - 15
Reasons for Change in Appropriation

This appropriation increased by a further $35.788 million to $1,482.351 for 2019/20 due to:

  • $13.250 million new funding relating to COVID-19 Impact on Corrections’ Annual Leave Costs
  • $12 million funded by Revenue Other relating to Modular Build Programme impacts
  • $9.192 million new funding relating to Personal Protective Equipment
  • $1.170 million relating to for Maintaining Connectivity Between our Staff, and Between People in our Care and their Whānau
  • $101,000 relating to Responding to COVID-19 by Strengthening our Health Safety and Wellbeing, and Communications Capacity and Capability, and
  • $75,000 new funding relating to Thermal Imaging Detection System.