Estimates of appropriations

Vote Corrections - Justice Sector - Estimates 2020/21

Formats and related files

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 2020/21 financial year covering:

Operating Expenditure:

  • a total of just over $1,144 million 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 nearly $325 million for the provision of case management and interventions designed to achieve a reduction in re-offending by focusing on the wellbeing of those completing sentences and their whanau
  • a total of nearly $260 million for the management and delivery of sentences and orders served in the community, and electronic monitoring of people on bail
  • a total of nearly $75 million 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 nearly $34 million for non-departmental infrastructure improvements to enable the development of the Waikeria Corrections and Treatment Facility hereafter referred to as Waikeria Mental Health and Addiction Service Facility
  • a total of nearly $3 million 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 $2 million for Ara Poutama Aotearoa responses to ministerial correspondence and parliamentary questions.

Capital Expenditure:

  • a total of just over $587 million on the purchase or development of assets by and for the use of Ara Poutama Aotearoa.

The Minister of Corrections is also responsible for a capital injection to Ara Poutama Aotearoa of nearly $16 million.

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

Details of Appropriations and Capital Injections#

Annual Appropriations and Forecast Permanent Appropriations#

Titles and Scopes of Appropriations by Appropriation Type 2019/20 2020/21
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, 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.
299,811 299,811 324,951

Total Departmental Output Expenses

299,811 299,811 324,951

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 -

Total Departmental Other Expenses

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.
412,669 412,669 587,033

Total Departmental Capital Expenditure

412,669 412,669 587,033

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.
37,782 37,782 33,518

Total Non-Departmental Other Expenses

37,782 37,782 33,518

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.
5,067 5,067 4,861

Departmental Output Expenses

     

Ministerial Services

This category is limited to Department responses to ministerial correspondence and parliamentary questions.
2,336 2,336 2,305

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.
2,731 2,731 2,556

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.
1,446,563 1,446,563 1,478,922

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.
73,962 73,962 74,851

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.
1,119,428 1,119,428 1,144,095

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.
253,173 253,173 259,976

Total Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure

1,451,630 1,451,630 1,483,783

Total Annual Appropriations and Forecast Permanent Appropriations

2,210,992 2,210,992 2,429,285

Capital Injection Authorisations#

  2019/20 2020/21
Final Budgeted
$000
Estimated Actual
$000
Budget
$000
Department of Corrections - Capital Injection (M18) 27,350 27,350 15,600

Supporting Information#

Part 1 - Vote as a Whole#

1.1 - New Policy Initiatives#

Policy Initiative Appropriation 2019/20
Final Budgeted
$000
2020/21
Budget
$000
2021/22
Estimated
$000
2022/23
Estimated
$000
2023/24
Estimated
$000
Maintaining a Safe Prison Network Public Safety is Improved MCA -
Prison-based Custodial Services
- 21,551 22,454 22,454 22,454
  Re-offending is Reduced - 2,700 2,597 2,597 2,597
Maintaining Safe Community Services Public Safety is Improved MCA -
Various
- 3,380 4,380 4,380 4,380
  Re-offending is Reduced - 120 120 120 120
Infrastructure Resilience Re-offending is Reduced 360 5,160 1,360 1,360 1,360
  Public Safety is Improved MCA -
Various
1,440 41,640 7,440 7,440 7,440
Hokai Rangi - Pre-Trial Service - providing early support to lower number of people entering (or remaining in) custody Public Safety is Improved MCA -
Prison-based Custodial Services
- 5,390 7,910 9,380 10,570
  Re-offending is Reduced - 2,310 3,390 4,020 4,530
  Departmental Capital Injections - 500 300 800 500
High Impact Innovation Programme - continued innovation across the Justice Sector Public Safety is Improved MCA -
Prison-based Custodial Services
- 3,710 - - -
  Re-offending is Reduced - 1,590 - - -
He Kete Oranga o te Mana Wahine Re-offending is Reduced - 1,360 1,360 - -
Recovery House Re-offending is Reduced 600 520 520 - -
Intergenerational change for child and community wellbeing through parenting programmes: Storytime Foundation & Brainwave Re-offending is Reduced 209 946 968 - -
Te Ira Tangata under the framework of Te Ira Oranga Re-offending is Reduced - 739 649 649 -
Preventing and Reducing Homelessess Re-offending is Reduced 1,170 1,720 1,980 870 260
Reintegration of Services for Women Re-offending is Reduced 1,941 2,031 971 - -
Improving the Justice Response to Sexual Violence Victims Public Safety is Improved MCA -
Prison-based Custodial Services
- - - - 221
Waikeria Corrections and Treatment Facility - Approval to Execute the Project Agreement Re-offending is Reduced - - - - (200)
  Public Safety is Improved MCA -
Prison-based Custodial Services
- - - - (800)
Wellington Accommodation Project (WAP2) Reconfiguration Programme Re-offending is Reduced 97 141 44 44 44
  Public Safety is Improved MCA -
Various
3,168 4,592 1,443 1,443 1,443
  Departmental Capital Injections - 10,000 - - -
Responding to March Mosque Attack Public Safety is Improved MCA -
Prison-based Custodial Services
2,718 1,661 - - -
Total Initiatives   11,703 111,761 57,886 55,557 54,919

Summary of Financial Activity

  2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24
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 176,308 180,869 215,676 243,102 299,811 299,811 324,951 - 324,951 337,041 349,155 347,325
Benefits or Related Expenses - - - - - - N/A - - - - -
Borrowing Expenses - - - - - - - - - - - -
Other Expenses - - 6,667 7,411 46,882 46,882 - 33,518 33,518 1,000 - -
Capital Expenditure 246,715 256,654 260,786 560,397 412,669 412,669 587,033 - 587,033 274,563 178,000 178,000
Intelligence and Security Department Expenses and Capital Expenditure - - - - - - - N/A - - - -
Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure (MCA)                        
Output Expenses 1,120,277 1,164,131 1,258,159 1,366,034 1,451,630 1,451,630 1,483,783 - 1,483,783 1,459,239 1,525,504 1,526,115
Other Expenses - - - - - - - - - - - -
Capital Expenditure - - - - - - N/A - - - - -

Total Appropriations

1,543,300 1,601,654 1,741,288 2,176,944 2,210,992 2,210,992 2,395,767 33,518 2,429,285 2,071,843 2,052,659 2,051,440

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 Annual Appropriations and Forecast Permanent Appropriations and Multi-Year Appropriations in the Details of Appropriations and Capital Injections.

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

There has been no restructuring to prior years’ information in the Summary of Financial Activity Table.

Departmental Output Expense Trends

In Budget 2020 Ara Poutama Aotearoa received funding for cost pressures for maintaining a safe and effective prison network including funding for training frontline staff, wage and unitary charge indexation, ongoing operation cost pressures; retaining safe and effective community-based sentences and orders including rent increases for community corrections sites, increased volumes of electronic monitoring and wages; and infrastructure resilience including facilities maintenance, digital and utilities pressure and asset revaluation impacts.

Funding was also received to maintain and expand a pre-trial service to help stabilise the remand population and lower the number of people entering custody. In addition, Ara Poutama Aotearoa will be commencing the Hokai Nuku change programme to implement the Hokai Rangi strategy. The Hokai Rangi strategy intends to reduce the over representation of Maori in our care.

Departmental Capital Expenditure

Ara Poutama Aotearoa is continuing to complete a prison capacity programme of work that responded to the rapid growth in prison population during 2016-2018 to ensure sufficient capacity to accommodate the current and expected prison population. There is also the ongoing requirement to maintain our existing asset footprint. The immediate challenge is therefore to accommodate the prison population, recently influenced by a rising remand population, whilst attempting to remove poor quality capacity and create resilience to respond to changing demand and service needs.

Design and construction of the Waikeria Mental Health and Addiction Service Facility under a Public Private Partnership, including the Mental Health Precinct also continues. When complete in early 2022, this will provide 500 high security beds and 100 Mental Health and Addiction Service beds.

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 2020/21
Final Budgeted
$000
Estimated Actual
$000
Budget
$000
Total Appropriation 299,811 299,811 324,951
Revenue from the Crown 264,841 264,841 298,006
Revenue from Others 32,221 32,221 26,945
Components of the Appropriation
  2019/20 2020/21
Final Budgeted
$000
Estimated Actual
$000
Budget
$000
Case Management 42,277 42,277 52,332
Interventions - Training and Education 6,595 6,595 8,706
Interventions - Offender Employment 72,954 72,954 77,632
Interventions - Rehabilitation 130,534 130,534 138,830
Interventions - Reintegration 47,451 47,451 47,451
Total 299,811 299,811 324,951
What is Intended to be Achieved with this Appropriation

This appropriation is intended to achieve a reduction in re-offending rates by focusing on the wellbeing of those completing sentences and their whanau. It provides for the timely assessment of the rehabilitative and reintegrative needs of offenders and those remanded in custody, as well as end-to-end bail support for defendants. This appropriation ensures identified offender and defendant needs are addressed through culturally appropriate and whanau-centred wellbeing interventions.

How Performance will be Assessed and End of Year Reporting Requirements
Assessment of Performance 2019/20 2020/21
Final Budgeted
Standard
Estimated
Actual
Budget
Standard

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

85% 85% 85%

The proportion of prisoners who have completed an intensive literacy and numeracy programme who demonstrate statistically significant gains

35% 35% 35%

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 referrals made to reintegration service providers

5,000 5,000 5,000

The total number of referrals made to reintegration service providers that resulted in a programme start

4,000 4,000 4,000

The percentage of target hours prisoners are engaged in industry, treatment and learning activities

80% 80% 80%
End of Year Performance Reporting

Performance information for this appropriation will be reported by Ara Poutama Aotearoa in its Annual Report.

Current and Past Policy Initiatives
Policy Initiative Year of
First
Impact
2019/20
Final Budgeted
$000
2020/21
Budget
$000
2021/22
Estimated
$000
2022/23
Estimated
$000
2023/24
Estimated
$000
Current Government            
Maintaining a Safe Prison Network 2020/21 - 2,700 2,597 2,597 2,597
Maintaining Safe Community Services 2020/21 - 120 120 120 120
Infrastructure Resilience 2019/20 360 5,160 1,360 1,360 1,360
Hokai Rangi - Pre-Trial Service - providing early support to lower number of people entering (or remaining in) custody 2020/21 - 2,310 3,390 4,020 4,530
High Impact Innovation Programme - continued innovation across the Justice Sector 2020/21 - 1,590 - - -
He Kete Oranga o te Mana Wahine 2020/21 - 1,360 1,360 - -
Recovery House 2019/20 600 520 520 - -
Intergenerational change for child and community wellbeing through parenting programmes: Storytime Foundation & Brainwave 2019/20 209 946 968 - -
Te Ira Tangata under the framework of Te Ira Oranga 2020/21 - 739 649 649 -
Preventing and Reducing Homelessness 2019/20 1,170 1,720 1,980 870 260
Reintegration of Services for Women 2019/20 1,941 2,031 971 - -
Wellington Accommodation Project (WAP2) Reconfiguration Programme 2019/20 97 141 44 44 44
Increasing Access to Mental Health and Addiction Support 2019/20 16,661 26,878 38,660 41,387 41,387
Maori Pathway - Improving Outcomes for Maori and their Whanau in the Corrections System and Supporting their Reintegration Back into Communities - Part B 2019/20 9,065 14,506 17,297 19,102 19,102
Maori Pathway - Improving Outcomes for Maori and their Whanau in the Corrections System and Supporting their Reintegration Back into Communities - Part A 2019/20 1,800 2,500 3,000 3,100 3,100
Enhancing Specialist Alcohol and Other Drug Services 2019/20 500 500 500 500 500
High Impact Innovation Programme (HIIP) 2019/20 5,300 - - - -
Bail Support Services Pilot 2019/20 2,560 - - - -
Housing and Support Services for People Managed by Corrections 2018/19 15,586 17,895 19,885 16,700 16,700
Residential AOD for Female Defendants and Parolees 2018/19 569 - - - -
Speech Language and Communication Needs 2018/19 57 - - - -
Therapeutic Prison Unit Pilot 2018/19 1,940 - - - -
Waikeria Corrections and Treatment Facility - Approval to Execute the Project Agreement 2018/19 1,800 1,800 6,200 21,700 21,500
Prisoner Volumes - Responding to Growth 2018/19 15,707 15,732 15,747 15,747 15,747
Offenders In The Community - Maintaining Public Safety 2018/19 4,883 5,015 3,019 3,019 3,019
Burglary Prevention 2017/18 5,355 7,107 7,107 7,107 7,107
Previous Government            
Sentences and Orders Served in the Community - Increased Investment 2017/18 634 738 738 738 738
Prisoner Volumes 2017/18 10,340 12,714 12,714 12,714 12,714
Prisoners at Risk of Self-harm and Suicide - Pilot 2017/18 2,380 2,415 2,415 2,415 2,415
Industry, Treatment, and Learning Interventions - Increasing Access 2017/18 5,650 5,650 5,650 5,650 5,650
Safe, Confident and Resilient Communities: Investment in Policing 2017/18 2,640 4,400 4,400 4,400 4,400
Temporary Release and Pre-release Planning (Guided Release) 2016/17 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000
Reasons for Change in Appropriation

The increase in this appropriation for 2020/21 is mainly due to additional investment in pre-trial and the High Impact Innovation Programme, rehabilitation and reintegration activities focussed on improved access to mental health and addiction services, and housing support.

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 2020/21
Final Budgeted
$000
Estimated Actual
$000
Budget
$000
Forests/Agricultural - - -
Land - - -
Property, Plant and Equipment 372,036 372,036 539,210
Intangibles 40,633 40,633 47,823
Other - - -

Total Appropriation

412,669 412,669 587,033
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 Ara Poutama Aotearoa outputs. Ara Poutama Aotearoa has a capital programme of work that is focused on upgrading its assets, providing resilience to respond to changing demand and service needs, to a more humanising and healing environment, whilst ensuring sufficient capacity to accommodate the current and expected prison population.

How Performance will be Assessed and End of Year Reporting Requirements
Assessment of Performance 2019/20 2020/21
Final Budgeted
Standard
Estimated
Actual
Budget
Standard

Number of newCommunity Corrections Sites and existing site refurbishments

6 4 3

Prison Capacity Programme - permanent beds added

1,238 384 488
End of Year Performance Reporting

Performance information for this appropriation will be reported by Ara Poutama Aotearoa in its Annual Report.

Reasons for Change in Appropriation

Ara Poutama Aotearoa has changed its capital expenditure profile to reflect investment in the Waikeria Mental Health and Addiction Service Facility and the modular build programme. In addition there has been a slight shift in focus as a result of the release of Hokai Rangi, a new strategy for Ara Poutama Aotearoa, and the Hokai Nuku Business Case. Following Cabinet endorsement of the change programme outlined in the Business Case in December 2019, Ara Poutama Aotearoa is reviewing its capital plan to ensure alignment with the Hokai Rangi strategic direction. This includes improving connections with whanau through more normalised environments.

Department of Corrections
Details of Net Asset Schedule 2019/20
Estimated Actual
$000
2020/21
Projected
$000
Explanation of Projected Movements in 2020/21
Opening Balance 2,902,524 2,764,480  
Capital Injections 27,350 15,600 Mainly relates to capital injection for Wellington Accommodation Project and for new initiatives in 2020/21.
Capital Withdrawals (80,000) - Capital withdrawal relates to surplus capital reserves as a result of Ara Poutama Aotearoa utilising private sector finance for the construction of the new maximum security prison at Auckland Prison.
Surplus to be Retained (Deficit Incurred) (85,394) 5,779 The 2019/20 forecasted loss and the 2020/21 forecasted gain mainly relate to the un-realised year to date fair value movement on the Ara Poutama Aotearoa interest rate swap entered into with New Zealand Debt Management Office to manage the risk relating to public private partnership transactions.
Other Movements - -  

Closing Balance

2,764,480 2,785,859  

Part 3 - Details of Non-Departmental Appropriations#

3.4 - Non-Departmental Other Expenses#

Waikeria Corrections and Treatment Facility (M18)

Scope of Appropriation
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.
Expenses
  2019/20 2020/21
Final Budgeted
$000
Estimated Actual
$000
Budget
$000
Total Appropriation 37,782 37,782 33,518
What is Intended to be Achieved with this Appropriation

This appropriation is intended to achieve infrastructure improvements necessary to enable the development of the Waikeria Mental Health and Addiction Service Facility.

How Performance will be Assessed and End of Year Reporting Requirements

Continuation of infrastructure design improvements required to enable the development of the Waikeria Mental Health and Addiction Service Facility.

End of Year Performance Reporting

Performance information for this appropriation will be reported by the Minister of Corrections in a report appended to the Ara Poutama Aotearoa annual report.

Service Providers
Provider 2019/20
Final Budgeted
$000
2019/20
Estimated Actual
$000
2020/21
Budget
$000
Expiry of
Resourcing
Commitment
Non-Government Organisations        
Consultants 719 719 697 June 2022
District Council 444 444 300 June 2022
Regional Council 4 4 103 June 2022
Roading 13,890 13,890 16,918 June 2022
Wastewater 17,501 17,501 14,725 June 2022
Electricity Upgrade 4,425 4,425 749 June 2022
Gas Upgrade 799 799 26 June 2022
Total 37,782 37,782 33,518  
Reasons for Change in Appropriation

The decrease in this appropriation for 2020/21 is due to associated costs for the wastewater treatment plant moving to future years following a re-assessment of the facility infrastructure, and delays to completion.

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
  2019/20 2020/21
Final Budgeted
$000
Estimated Actual
$000
Budget
$000

Total Appropriation

5,067 5,067 4,861

Departmental Output Expenses

     
Ministerial Services 2,336 2,336 2,305
Policy Advice 2,731 2,731 2,556

Funding for Departmental Output Expenses

     

Revenue from the Crown

4,861 4,861 4,861
Ministerial Services 2,305 2,305 2,305
Policy Advice 2,556 2,556 2,556

Revenue from Others

206 206 -
Ministerial Services 31 31 -
Policy Advice 175 175 -
What is Intended to be Achieved with this Appropriation

This appropriation is intended to enable Ara Poutama Aotearoa to respond to ministerial requests and parliamentary questions with a high standard of service. It also allows Ara Poutama Aotearoa 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 wellbeing and safety outcomes for New Zealand communities.

How Performance will be Assessed for this Appropriation
Assessment of Performance 2019/20 2020/21
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)

85% 85% 85%
What is Intended to be Achieved with each Category and How Performance will be Assessed
Assessment of Performance 2019/20 2020/21
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

     

The percentage of ministerial draft correspondence that is signed without changes

Greater than 95% Greater than 95% Greater than 95%

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

Greater than 98% Greater than 98% Greater than 98%

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

Greater than 98% Greater than 98% Greater than 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

     

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)

80% 80% 80%
End of Year Performance Reporting

Performance information for this appropriation will be reported by Ara Poutama Aotearoa in its Annual Report.

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 2020/21
Final Budgeted
$000
Estimated Actual
$000
Budget
$000

Total Appropriation

1,446,563 1,446,563 1,478,922

Departmental Output Expenses

     
Information and Administrative Services to the Judiciary and New Zealand Parole Board 73,962 73,962 74,851
Prison-based Custodial Services 1,119,428 1,119,428 1,144,095
Sentences and Orders Served in the Community 253,173 253,173 259,976

Funding for Departmental Output Expenses

     

Revenue from the Crown

1,442,173 1,442,173 1,475,728
Information and Administrative Services to the Judiciary and New Zealand Parole Board 73,962 73,962 74,851
Prison-based Custodial Services 1,115,053 1,115,053 1,140,901
Sentences and Orders Served in the Community 253,158 253,158 259,976

Revenue from Others

4,390 4,390 3,194
Prison-based Custodial Services 4,375 4,375 3,194
Sentences and Orders Served in the Community 15 15 -
Components of the Appropriation
  2019/20 2020/21
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 58,855 58,855 59,582
Information Services to the New Zealand Parole Board 8,074 8,074 8,236
Information and Administrative Services to Victims 298 298 298
Administrative Services to the New Zealand Parole Board 6,735 6,735 6,735
Prison-based Custodial Services      
Asset Management 383,784 383,784 383,784
Sentenced 417,302 417,302 430,665
Remand 188,835 188,835 199,615
Third Party 82,410 82,410 82,410
Health 47,097 47,097 47,621
Sentences and Orders Served in the Community      
Community Based Sentences 138,903 138,903 142,146
Post-Release Orders 64,376 64,376 65,202
Home Detention Sentences 41,439 41,439 43,584
Electronic Monitoring Bail 8,455 8,455 9,044
Total 1,446,563 1,446,563 1,478,922
What is Intended to be Achieved with this Appropriation

This appropriation is intended to:

  • enable Ara Poutama Aotearoa to manage people in custody in a way that enhances their wellbeing and supports them upon release to not return to the justice system, protects the public and maintains the safety of all involved
  • 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, and
  • provide core services to the Judiciary and New Zealand Parole Board to enable informed sentencing and parole decisions to be made in a timely manner including notification to people in our care and management, and victims regarding the outcomes of the judicial process, to enhance rehabilitative outcomes.
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
Assessment of Performance 2019/20 2020/21
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 to enable informed sentencing and parole decisions to be made in a timely manner including notification to people in our care and management, and victims regarding the outcomes of the judicial process, to enhance rehabilitative outcomes

     

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

95% 95% 95%

The percentage of all parole reports provided to agreed timeframes pursuant to New Zealand Parole Board requirements

95% 95% 95%

The percentage of offenders who are notified as per New Zealand Parole Board requirements

98% 98% 98%

The percentage of victims who are notified as per New Zealand Parole Board requirements

98% 98% 98%

The percentage of all cases heard by the New Zealand Parole Board that are scheduled within the timeframes specified by the Parole Act 2002

98% 98% 98%

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

Nil 2 Nil

Prison-based Custodial Services

     

This category is intended to enable Ara Poutama Aotearoa to manage people in custody in a way that enhances their wellbeing and supports them upon release to not return to the justice system, protects the public and maintains the safety of all involved

     

The number of breakout escapes

Nil Nil Nil

The number of non-breakout escapes

Less than or equal to 5 Less than or equal to 13 Less than or equal to 5

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

Less than 5% Less than 5% Less than 5%

The number of unnatural deaths

Nil 6 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

Greater than 80% Greater than 80% Greater than 80%

The rate of prisoner on prisoner assaults that are serious, per 100 prisoners

Less than or equal to 0.50 Less than or equal to 0.50 Less than or equal to 0.50

The rate of prisoner on staff assaults that are serious, per 100 prisoners

Less than or equal to 0.20 Less than or equal to 0.25 Less than or equal to 0.20

The proportion of all complaints received to the Office of the Inspectorate that are acknowledged within 10 working days of receipt

100% 100% 100%

The proportion of all complaint investigations completed by the Office of the Inspectorate within three months of being received

Greater than 80% Greater than 80% Greater than 80%

The percentage of Health Centres in prisons that retained their Cornerstone accreditation status following completion of an annual review

100% 94% 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

     

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

Greater than 75% Greater than 75% Greater than 75%

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

90% 90% 90%
End of Year Performance Reporting

Performance information for this appropriation will be reported by Ara Poutama Aotearoa in its Annual Report.

Current and Past Policy Initiatives
Policy Initiative Year of
First
Impact
2019/20
Final Budgeted
$000
2020/21
Budget
$000
2021/22
Estimated
$000
2022/23
Estimated
$000
2023/24
Estimated
$000
Current Government            
Maintaining a Safe Prison Network 2020/21 - 21,551 22,454 22,454 22,454
Maintaining Safe Community Services 2020/21 - 3,380 4,380 4,380 4,380
Infrastructure Resilience 2019/20 1,440 41,640 7,440 7,440 7,440
Hokai Rangi - Pre-Trial Service - providing early support to lower number of people entering (or remaining in) custody 2020/21 - 5,390 7,910 9,380 10,570
High Impact Innovation Programme - continued innovation across the Justice Sector 2020/21 - 3,710 - - -
Wellington Accommodation Project (WAP2) Reconfiguration Programme 2019/20 3,168 4,592 1,443 1,443 1,443
Responding to March Mosque Attack 2019/20 2,718 1,661 - - -
Restoring a Safe and Effective Prison Network 2019/20 27,300 28,500 28,500 28,500 28,500
Offenders in the Community: Retaining Safe and Effective Community-Based Sentences and Orders 2019/20 19,560 19,460 19,460 19,460 19,460
Ensuring the Sustainability of the District Court by Appointing Additional District Court Judges 2019/20 335 335 335 335 335
Improving the Justice Response to Sexual Violence Victims 2021/22 - - 424 643 864
Reprioritisation of Funding - Targeted Suspension of Suboptimal Prison Capacity 2019/20 (6,300) (17,600) (22,700) (22,700) (22,700)
Residential AOD for Female Defendants and Parolees 2018/19 103 - - - -
Speech Language and Communication Needs 2018/19 13 - - - -
Waikeria Corrections and Treatment Facility - Approval to Execute the Project Agreement 2018/19 7,000 7,000 24,800 86,700 85,900
Prisoner Volumes - Responding to Growth 2018/19 63,314 61,870 58,015 58,015 58,015
Offenders In The Community - Maintaining Public Safety 2018/19 25,867 29,085 33,081 33,081 33,081
Previous Government            
Reform of Family Violence Law 2018/19 21,146 27,603 33,111 34,332 34,332
Sentences and Orders Served in the Community - Increased Investment 2017/18 13,016 14,562 14,562 14,562 14,562
Safe, Confident and Resilient Communities: Investment in Policing 2017/18 16,580 27,300 27,300 27,300 27,300
Prisoners at Risk of Self-harm and Suicide - Pilot 2017/18 850 850 850 850 850
Prisoner Volumes 2016/17 71,300 53,443 53,443 53,443 53,443
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 18,100 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
Reasons for Change in Appropriation

The increase in this appropriation for 2020/21 is due to the core costs of maintaining a safe and effective prison network and management of community-based sentences and orders. Hokai Rangi describes a strategic direction that puts safety and wellbeing at the foundation of all these activities for communities, victims, our staff, and people serving sentences and orders.