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
Details of Appropriations and Capital Injections#
Annual Appropriations and Forecast Permanent Appropriations#
2018/19 | |||
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Titles and Scopes of Appropriations by Appropriation Type | Estimates Budget $000 |
Supplementary Estimates Budget $000 |
Total Budget $000 |
Departmental Output Expenses |
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Bail Support Services (M18) This appropriation is limited to providing support services to defendants on bail. |
- | 2,160 | 2,160 |
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. |
231,078 | 18,241 | 249,319 |
Total Departmental Output Expenses |
231,078 | 20,401 | 251,479 |
Departmental Other Expenses |
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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 |
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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. |
393,004 | 215,303 | 608,307 |
Total Departmental Capital Expenditure |
393,004 | 215,303 | 608,307 |
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. |
- | 12,800 | 12,800 |
Total Non-Departmental Other Expenses |
- | 12,800 | 12,800 |
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 | 320 | 4,866 |
Departmental Output Expenses |
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Ministerial Services This category is limited to Department responses to ministerial correspondence and parliamentary questions. |
1,987 | 320 | 2,307 |
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. |
2,559 | - | 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. |
1,337,095 | 35,826 | 1,372,921 |
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. |
66,223 | 1,461 | 67,684 |
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. |
1,034,448 | 31,053 | 1,065,501 |
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. |
236,424 | 3,312 | 239,736 |
Total Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure |
1,341,641 | 36,146 | 1,377,787 |
Total Annual Appropriations and Forecast Permanent Appropriations |
1,965,723 | 293,750 | 2,259,473 |
Capital Injection Authorisations#
2018/19 | |||
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Estimates Budget $000 |
Supplementary Estimates Budget $000 |
Total Budget $000 |
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Department of Corrections - Capital Injection (M18) | 272,100 | 23,180 | 295,280 |
Supporting Information#
Part 1 - Vote as a Whole#
1.2 - Trends in the Vote#
Summary of Financial Activity
2018/19 | |||||
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Supplementary Estimates | |||||
Estimates $000 |
Departmental Transactions $000 |
Non-Departmental Transactions $000 |
Total Transactions $000 |
Total $000 |
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Appropriations |
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Output Expenses | 231,078 | 20,401 | - | 20,401 | 251,479 |
Benefits or Related Expenses | - | N/A | - | - | - |
Borrowing Expenses | - | - | - | - | - |
Other Expenses | - | 9,100 | 12,800 | 21,900 | 21,900 |
Capital Expenditure | 393,004 | 215,303 | - | 215,303 | 608,307 |
Intelligence and Security Department Expenses and Capital Expenditure | - | - | N/A | - | - |
Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure (MCA) | |||||
Output Expenses | 1,341,641 | 36,146 | - | 36,146 | 1,377,787 |
Other Expenses | - | - | - | - | - |
Capital Expenditure | - | N/A | - | - | - |
Total Appropriations |
1,965,723 | 280,950 | 12,800 | 293,750 | 2,259,473 |
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 | - | - | - |
Part 2 - Details of Departmental Appropriations#
2.1 - Departmental Output Expenses#
Bail Support Services (M18)
Scope of Appropriation
Expenses and Revenue
2018/19 | |||
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Estimates $000 |
Supplementary Estimates $000 |
Total $000 |
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Total Appropriation | - | 2,160 | 2,160 |
Revenue from the Crown | - | 2,160 | 2,160 |
Revenue from Others | - | - | - |
What is Intended to be Achieved with this Appropriation
This appropriation is intended to achieve end-to-end bail support to defendants by providing a plan on how any identified needs would be met if bail is granted.
How Performance will be Assessed and End of Year Reporting Requirements
- The number of defendants who received bail support services in courts.
- The number of defendants who received bail support services in the community.
End of Year Performance Reporting
Performance information for this appropriation will be reported by Corrections in its 2018/19 Annual Report.
Reasons for Change in Appropriation
This is a new appropriation of $2.160 million for 2018/19 due to new funding for the Bail Support Services Pilot.
Re-offending is Reduced (M18)
Scope of Appropriation
Expenses and Revenue
2018/19 | |||
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Estimates $000 |
Supplementary Estimates $000 |
Total $000 |
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Total Appropriation | 231,078 | 18,241 | 249,319 |
Revenue from the Crown | 201,269 | 13,473 | 214,742 |
Revenue from Others | 27,060 | 4,768 | 31,828 |
Reasons for Change in Appropriation
This appropriation increased by $18.241 million to $249.319 million for 2018/19 due to:
- $5.351 million transferred from 2017/18 to 2018/19 mainly relating to the Enhanced Mental Health Support Services initiative and various alcohol and other drug related initiatives
- $4.400 million increase in revenue relating to prisoner canteen supply sales
- $4.240 million in new funding for Housing and Support Services for People Managed by Corrections
- $2.294 million in new funding from the Effective Justice Fund relating to a Therapeutic Prison Unit Pilot, Residential AOD for Female Defendants and Parolees, and Speech Language and Communication Needs initiatives
- $1.400 million new funding relating to the Waikeria Corrections and Treatment Facility Project Agreement
- $188,000 mainly relating to the rephasing of depreciation funding to align with changes to useful life assumptions
- $185,000 funding relating to inter-departmental staff secondments, and
- $183,000 funding relating to the Health and Safety Functional Leadership Programme.
2.2 - Departmental Other Expenses#
Transfer of Auckland Prison Wastewater Assets (M18)
Scope of Appropriation
Expenses
2018/19 | |||
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Estimates $000 |
Supplementary Estimates $000 |
Total $000 |
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Total Appropriation | - | 9,100 | 9,100 |
What is Intended to be Achieved with this Appropriation
This appropriation is intended to facilitate the transfer of wastewater assets to Watercare Services Limited.
How Performance will be Assessed and End of Year Reporting Requirements
Performance will be measured by the execution of the agreement relating to the transfer of wastewater assets to Watercare Services Ltd.
End of Year Performance Reporting
Performance information for this appropriation will be reported by Corrections in its 2018/19 Annual Report.
Reasons for Change in Appropriation
This is a new appropriation of $9.100 million for 2018/19 to facilitate the transfer of wastewater assets to Watercare Services Limited.
2.3 - Departmental Capital Expenditure and Capital Injections#
Department of Corrections - Capital Expenditure PLA (M18)
Scope of Appropriation
Capital Expenditure
2018/19 | |||
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Estimates $000 |
Supplementary Estimates $000 |
Total $000 |
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Forests/Agricultural | - | - | - |
Land | - | - | - |
Property, Plant and Equipment | 364,504 | 208,239 | 572,743 |
Intangibles | 28,500 | 7,064 | 35,564 |
Other | - | - | - |
Total Appropriation |
393,004 | 215,303 | 608,307 |
Reasons for Change in Appropriation
This appropriation increased by $215.303 million to $608.307 million for 2018/19 due to:
- $157.971 million relating to the development of the new Waikeria Corrections and Treatment Facility under a Public Private Partnership arrangement
- $50.268 million relating to construction on the Modular Build Programme which is part of the Prison Capacity Programme, and
- $7.064 million of intangibles relating to software development.
Capital Injections and Movements in Departmental Net Assets
Department of Corrections
Details of Net Asset Schedule | 2018/19 Main Estimates Projections $000 |
2018/19 Supplementary Estimates Projections $000 |
Explanation of Projected Movements in 2018/19 |
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Opening Balance | 2,504,308 | 2,500,036 | |
Capital Injections | 272,100 | 295,280 | Increase mainly relates to funding for the Waikeria Corrections and Treatment Facility. |
Capital Withdrawals | (20,000) | (20,000) | The capital withdrawal represents the surplus capital reserves as a result of Corrections utilising private sector finance for the construction of the new maximum security facility at Auckland Prison. |
Surplus to be Retained (Deficit Incurred) | (2,749) | (90,897) | The projected deficit mainly relates to the un-realised year to date fair value movement on the departmental interest rate swap entered into with New Zealand Debt Management to manage the risk relating to public private partnership transactions. |
Other Movements | - | - | |
Closing Balance |
2,753,659 | 2,684,419 |
Part 3 - Details of Non-Departmental Appropriations#
3.4 - Non-Departmental Other Expenses#
Waikeria Corrections and Treatment Facility (M18)
Scope of Appropriation
Expenses
2018/19 | |||
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Estimates $000 |
Supplementary Estimates $000 |
Total $000 |
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Total Appropriation | - | 12,800 | 12,800 |
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 Corrections and Treatment Facility, including safety and access improvements on the local road leading to the facility.
How Performance will be Assessed and End of Year Reporting Requirements
- Completion of safety and access improvements on the local road leading to the Waikeria Corrections and Treatment Facility.
- Continuation of design of infrastructure improvements required to enable the development of the Waikeria Corrections and Treatment Facility.
End of Year Performance Reporting
Performance information for this appropriation will be reported by the Minister of Corrections in the Vote Corrections Non-Departmental Appropriations Report.
Reasons for Change in Appropriation
This is a new appropriation of $12.800 million for 2018/19 to facilitate continued infrastructure improvements relating to the Waikeria Corrections and Treatment Facility and to provide safety and access improvements on the local road.
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
2018/19 | |||
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Estimates $000 |
Supplementary Estimates $000 |
Total $000 |
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Total Appropriation |
4,546 | 320 | 4,866 |
Departmental Output Expenses |
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Ministerial Services | 1,987 | 320 | 2,307 |
Policy Advice | 2,559 | - | 2,559 |
Funding for Departmental Output Expenses |
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Revenue from the Crown |
4,541 | 320 | 4,861 |
Ministerial Services | 1,985 | 320 | 2,305 |
Policy Advice | 2,556 | - | 2,556 |
Revenue from Others |
5 | - | 5 |
Ministerial Services | 2 | - | 2 |
Policy Advice | 3 | - | 3 |
Reasons for Change in Appropriation
This appropriation increased by $320,000 to $4.866 million for 2018/19 due to a transfer from the Public Safety is Improved MCA to reflect an increased volume of correspondence and strengthening of the Ministerial Services team.
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
2018/19 | |||
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Estimates $000 |
Supplementary Estimates $000 |
Total $000 |
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Total Appropriation |
1,337,095 | 35,826 | 1,372,921 |
Departmental Output Expenses |
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Information and administrative services to the judiciary and New Zealand Parole Board | 66,223 | 1,461 | 67,684 |
Prison-based Custodial Services | 1,034,448 | 31,053 | 1,065,501 |
Sentences and orders served in the community | 236,424 | 3,312 | 239,736 |
Funding for Departmental Output Expenses |
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Revenue from the Crown |
1,333,306 | 34,979 | 1,368,285 |
Information and administrative services to the judiciary and New Zealand Parole Board | 66,150 | 1,142 | 67,292 |
Prison-based Custodial Services | 1,030,936 | 30,525 | 1,061,461 |
Sentences and orders served in the community | 236,220 | 3,312 | 239,532 |
Revenue from Others |
3,789 | 847 | 4,636 |
Information and administrative services to the judiciary and New Zealand Parole Board | 73 | 319 | 392 |
Prison-based Custodial Services | 3,512 | 528 | 4,040 |
Sentences and orders served in the community | 204 | - | 204 |
Reasons for Change in Appropriation
This appropriation increased by $35.826 million to $1,372.921 million for 2018/19 due to:
- $20.038 million transferred from 2017/18 to 2018/19 mainly relating to Holidays Act 2003 compliance, Parole Ready Remand Triage Project and Prison Capacity Feasibility Study
- $5.821 million relating to the rephasing of depreciation funding to align with changes to useful life assumptions
- $5.700 million funding following the approval to execute the project agreement for construction of the new Waikeria Corrections and Treatment Facility
- $3 million new funding relating to Accommodation Options to Support a More Effective Justice System and a Safer New Zealand
- $887,000 from the Effective Justice Fund relating to Phone Applications for Victims, Residential AOD for Female Defendants and Parolees, and Speech Language and Communication Needs initiatives
- $319,000 funding relating to inter-departmental staff secondments
- $291,000 relating to the Waikeria Corrections and Treatment Facility capital injection, and
- $90,000 relating to liquidated damages to offset the additional costs as a result of the delayed construction of Auckland Prison.
These are partly offset by a transfer of $320,000 to the Policy Advice and Ministerial Services MCA to reflect an increased volume of correspondence and strengthening of the Ministerial Services team.