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Paper 29: Funding Prisoner Access to Trade and Technical Training and Other Initiatives from Vote: Corrections 2006/07 Operating Surplus

Proposal

  1. Cabinet Business Committee's agreement is sought to:
  • use Vote: Corrections $8.9 million funding received for a specific purpose, for 2006/07 which is no longer required and will be returned to the Crown to increase Vote: Education baselines for prisoner access to trade and technical training from 2007/08 to 2012/13 (part year funding), at which point it will be funded from Vote: Education baseline;
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Executive Summary

  1. The Department of Corrections seeks to enrol groups of prisoners in publicly available, high-quality trade and technical national certificates (subject to limited national volumes) that are valued by employers and meet labour-market need. Courses would be provided by Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics and possibly some Private Training Establishments.
  1. Cabinet considered the issue of funding for this on 11 June 2007 and agreed that prisoner access to trade and technical national certificate courses would be funded from Vote: Corrections from the underspend in the Vote for 2006/07 and invited the Ministers of Finance and Corrections to report to Cabinet Policy Committee on the details of the funding and changes needed to give effect to this decision. In addition, Cabinet invited the Minister of Corrections in consultation with the Minister of Finance and other Ministers as appropriate to report to Cabinet Policy Committee on the other Effective Interventions Bids he proposes be funded from the remaining amount of the underspend in Vote: Corrections for 2006/07.
  1. The Department of Corrections is forecasting a $15.4 million operating surplus for 2006/07. The surplus comprises:
  • $8.9 million of funding received for a specific purpose which is no longer required and must be returned to the Crown in accordance with the Public Finance Act;
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  1. It is proposed that the $8.9 million be used to fund Vote: Education for prisoner access to trade and technical national certificate courses from 2007/08 to 2012/13 (part year funding), at which point access will be funded from Vote: Education baselines. This approach incurs the least transitional and administrative cost, would allow prisoners to access trade and technical national certificates in the same manner as all other New Zealanders, and effectively leverages the benefits of the reformed tertiary sector.
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Background

Trade and technical national certificates for prisoners

  1. Prisoners have high levels of education and employment need. To supplement existing foundation education and employment training programmes currently provided to prisoners, the Department of Corrections seeks to enrol groups of prisoners in publicly available, high-quality trade and technical national certificates that are valued by employers and meet labour-market need. Courses would be provided by Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics and possibly some Private Training Establishments.
  1. Participating in courses that lead to national certificates will enable prisoners who are released (or whose training is interrupted for any other reason) to resume the qualification in the community, even if they move to a different region.
  1. A limited number of prisoners currently access trade and technical national certificate courses at Northland Region Corrections Facility, through an interim arrangement between the Department of Corrections and the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC). This arrangement is in place until 30 June 2007. The Department of Corrections proposes that a limited number of prisoners be allowed to enrol nation-wide.

Decisions to date

  1. On 28 May 2007, Cabinet Business Committee [CBC Min (07) 9/2]:
  • noted that the Department of Corrections is proposing that prisoners be enrolled in publicly available trade and technical national certificate courses and that the number of places available to prisoners is to be limited on a national basis;
  • agreed that prisoners' access to trade and technical courses be funded from Vote: Education; and
  • directed the Department of Corrections, from July 2007, to implement trade and technical training for selected prisoners across prison sites in a manner similar to current arrangements at Northland Region Corrections Facility from within capped allocations (up to 200 prisoners or 100 Full-time Equivalent Students in 2007/08 and increasing to up to 400 prisoners or 200 Full-Time Equivalent Students by 2010).[1]
  1. On 5 June 2007, Cabinet [CAB Min (07) 19/1A] deferred consideration of Cabinet Business Committee's decisions until the meeting of Cabinet on 11 June 2007, and invited the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Corrections to report to Cabinet on 11 June on whether prisoners' access to trade and technical courses from 2007/08 could be funded from the forecast underspend in Vote: Corrections.
  1. On 11 June 2007 Cabinet [CAB Min(07) 20/4]:
  • noted that prisoner access to trade and technical courses would require approximately $864,000 in 2007/2008 (to support the enrolment of up to 200 prisoners or up to 100 Full-Time Equivalent Students) increasing to approximately $1,728,000 by 2009/2010 (to support the enrolment of up to 400 prisoners or up to 200 Full-Time Equivalent Students);
  • agreed that prisoners' access to trade and technical courses from 2007/08 and outyears be funded from Vote: Corrections from the underspend in the Vote for 2006/07;
  • invited the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Corrections to report to Cabinet Policy Committee on the details of the funding and appropriation changes to give effect to that decision; and
  • invited the Minister of Corrections, in consultation with the Minister of Finance and other Ministers as appropriate, to report to Cabinet Policy Committee on the other Effective Interventions bids he proposes be funded from the remaining amount of the underspend in Vote: Corrections for 2006/07.

Operating Surplus in 2006/07

  1. The Department of Corrections is on track to achieve the majority of its performance targets to deliver the Statement of Intent for the year ending 30 June 2007 (refer appendix one).
  1. The Department of Corrections have forecast a $15.4 million operating surplus on an appropriation of $777 million and is forecast to be within output class appropriation. The surplus comprises:
  • $8.9 million of funding received for a specific purpose which is no longer required and must be returned to the Crown in accordance with the Public Finance Act; and
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Statement of Intent for 2007/08

  1. The Department of Corrections have the required level of capability, capacity and funding to deliver the outputs at the agreed quality standard to deliver the Statement of Intent for the year ending 30 June 2008, subject to specific fiscal risks disclosed in Budget Economic Fiscal Update 2007. Any increase in funding in 2007/08 and the outyears will need to be justified by an increase in output quality/quantity.

Options to Utilise the 2006/07 Operating Surplus for 2007/08 and the outyears

  1. Cabinet have agreed that prisoners' access to trade and technical courses from 2007/08 and outyears be funded from Vote: Corrections from the underspend in the Vote for 2006/07. Cabinet have also invited the Minister of Corrections, in consultation with the Minister of Finance and other Ministers as appropriate, to report to Cabinet Policy Committee on the other Effective Interventions bids he proposes be funded from the remaining amount of the underspend in Vote: Corrections for 2006/07.

Trade and technical training

  1. I propose that the $8.9 million of the Vote: Corrections operating surplus be used to fund prisoner trade and technical training in Vote: Education for the period 2007/08 to 2012/13 (part year), at which point it will be funded from Vote: Education baselines.
  1. Increasing Vote: Education baselines (via the Department of Corrections' operating surplus) to fund prisoner trade and technical training:
  • is the simplest and easiest means of giving effect to the decision. It incurs low transaction and administrative cost as opposed to a contractual approach either between the Department of Corrections and tertiary providers or the Department of Corrections and the Tertiary Education Commission;
  • will enable prisoners to access student component funding for publicly available national certificate courses in the same manner as all other New Zealanders;
  • would allow the Department of Corrections and ultimately prisoners to fully leverage the benefits of the reformed tertiary sector, with its increased focus on quality, outcomes for learners and meeting the needs of stakeholders; and
  • is in line with Cabinet decisions regarding Effective Interventions [CAB Min (06) 27/3A refers] as it shares responsibility for prisoner education with education agencies. This is the approach taken by health agencies regarding prisoner health and by the Ministry of Social Development regarding prisoner reintegration.
  1. The Department of Corrections will monitor enrolments, so they do not exceed agreed levels, and will report on courses and enrolment levels as part of its regular reports to Cabinet on progress with the Prisoner Employment Strategy and its Annual Report to Parliament.

Effective Interventions Initiatives

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Consultation

  1. The following agencies have been consulted on the development of this paper: the Treasury, Ministry of Education, Tertiary Education Commission, Ministry of Justice, and Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. Te Puni Kokiri, the Ministry of Social Development, Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs, New Zealand Police, Ministry of Health and Department of Labour were informed.

Financial implications

  1. The proposals in this paper have no impact on the operating balance of the Department of Corrections and are fiscally neutral.

Human Rights

  1. The proposals in this paper are not inconsistent with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 or the Human Rights Act 1993.

Legislative Implications

  1. There are no legislative implications arising from this paper.

Regulatory Impact and Business Compliance Cost Statements

  1. There are no regulatory impacts or business compliance costs associated with this paper, and therefore no statement has been prepared.

Gender Implications

  1. There are no gender implications arising from this paper.

Disability Perspective

  1. There are no disability perspective implications arising from this paper.

Publicity

  1. It is not intended that there be any publicity regarding this paper.

Recommendations

  1. The Minister of Corrections recommends that the Committee:

1. agree that prisoners be enrolled in publicly available trade and technical national certificate courses and that the number of places available to prisoners is to be limited on a national basis;
2. note that the Department of Corrections is on track to meet the majority of performance targets for 2006/07 with a forecast operating surplus of $6.5 million (excluding $8.9 million of surplus funding received for a specific purpose);
3. note that the Department of Corrections has the required level of capability, capacity and funding to deliver the outputs at the agreed quality standard for 2007/08, subject to specific fiscal risks disclosed in 2007 Budget Economic Fiscal Update, and any increase in funding will need to be justified by an increase in output quantity/quality;
4. agree that the Department of Corrections, from July 2007, implement trade and technical training for selected prisoners across prison sites in a manner similar to current arrangements at Northland Region Corrections Facility from within capped allocations (up to 200 prisoners or 100 Full-time Equivalent Students in 2007/08 increasing to up to 400 prisoners or 200 Full-Time Equivalent Students by 2010);
5. note that from 2008, provision for prisoner tertiary education will need to form part of Tertiary Education Organisation Plans approved by the Tertiary Education Commission;
6. agree to fund $8.9 million for prisoner trade and technical national certificate courses in Vote: Education for the period 2007/08 to 2012/13 (part year) from Vote: Corrections forecast operating surplus for 2006/07;
7. note that from 2012/13 (part year), prisoner trade and technical national certificate courses will be funded from Vote: Education baselines;
8. approve the following appropriations to fund prisoner access to Trade and Technical courses from 2007/08 to 2012/13 (part year) as agreed above, to be funded from Vote: Corrections, 2006/07 operating surplus, with no impact on the operating balance;
 
 

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Vote: Education Minister for Tertiary Education

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Other Expenses Incurred by the Crown Tertiary Education and Training -   0.900   1.800   1.800   1.800

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9. agree that the proposed changes to appropriations for 2007/08 above be included in the 2007/08 Supplementary Estimates and that, in the interim, the increases be met from Imprest Supply;
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Hon Damien O'Connor
Minister of Corrections

Appendix 1

Output Specification May 2007  
YTD
Actual 		YTD
Budget
Reforecast 		2006/07
Budget
Reforecast
Information Services
  • Number of reports
  • Avg standard hours per report
  • FTE Probation Officers
38,418
5.6
217		 38,379
5.7
207		 41,886
5.7
209
Cost ($000's) $31,948 $32,581 $36,901
Community Based Sentences
  • Number of new offender starts
    • Supervision
5,738 4,587 5,000
    • Community Work
28,847 26,587 29,000
    • Home Detention Orders
1,404 2,016 2,200
    • Parole Orders
1,354 1,012 1,100
    • Orders for Post-release Conditions
4,501 4,813 5,250
    • Extended Supervision Orders
33 52 56

Total

 41,877 39,067 42,606
  • Avg standard hours per sentence
12.8 14.1 14.1
  • FTE Probation Officers
426 432 435
Cost ($000's) $75,156 $75,722 $86,485
Custodial, Remand and Escort Services      
  • Prisoner numbers [2]
7,704 7,534 7,540
  • Custodial unlock hours
 11.1 12.0 12.0
  • Remand unlock hours
8.9 8.6 8.6
  • Compliance with Prison Health specifications [3]
No

 Yes

 Yes
  • Average percentage of general random drug tests producing a positive result
12.9% 16% 16%
Cost ($000's) $492,670 $496,071 $555,532
Prisoner Employment
  • Prisoner non business activity hours
2,244,935 1,961,643 2,138,000
  • Prisoner business activity hours
2,841,164 2,754,324 3,004,710
  • Prisoner employment related training-hours
27,492 16,280 17,760
Cost ($000's) $33,525 $36,116 39,511
Rehabilitation & Reintegrative Cost ($000's) $40,869 $41,948 $47,196
NZ Parole Board
  • Number of Parole Board applications

9,309

8,158

8,900
Cost ($000's) $5,182 $4,953 $5,451
Policy Advice & Development Cost ($000's) $4,146 $4,439 $4,891
Purchase and Monitoring Cost ($000's) $1,460 $1,535 $1,679
Total Output Cost ($000's) $684,956 $693,365 $777,646
Ownership Specification
Human Capital
Personnel Cost ($000's) [4]
Other Personnel Cost ($000's) [5]
Training Cost ($000's)
  • Training spend as a percentage of remuneration [6]
$305,131
$32,569
$11,139

3.7%

$315,487 $23,853
$13,071

4.1%

$349,187
$27,951
$14,042

4.0%

Facilities
  • Property maintenance spend (% of gross book value)
 1.7% 2% 2%
  • Property maintenance standard
Reactive Reactive Reactive
Cost ($000's) $56,890 $58,568 $65,778
Business Systems      
  • Infrastructure at market standards
100% 70% 70%
  • Software at supported versions
100% 70% 70%
  • Percentage of hours of availability of core systems (24/7 support)
99.6% 92% 92%
Cost ($000's) $35,850 $35,902 $39,117

Footnotes

1 Note that additional funding for Vote: Education was not required to give effect to this decision.

2 These values are sourced from the Statement of Intent and represent the average number of prisoners.

3 Compliance with Prison Health Specifications not achieved due to difficulty recruiting nurses.

4 Includes salaries, overtime, allowances and benefits.

5 Includes temps, contractors and personnel provisions such as annual leave and other payroll charges such as ACC work accidents.

6 Has reduced based on outcome of 2006 Bargaining Collective.