Performance Information Supporting the Appropriations 2018/19
Performance information is a major aspect of Corrections’ accountability framework. It outlines our annual expectations for the outputs directly funded by our Appropriations.
Assessment of Performance | 2018/19 Budget Standard |
The percentage of pre-sentence reports to courts within agreed timeframes before sentencing: | |
| 95% |
| 95% |
The percentage of parole reports provided within agreed timeframes pursuant to New Zealand Parole Board requirements: | |
| 90% |
| 95% |
| 95% |
The percentage of offenders who are notified as per New Zealand Parole Board requirements | 98% |
| The percentage of victims who are notified as per New Zealand Parole Board requirements | 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% |
The number of justified complaints about notification services received from registered victims | Nil |
The number of breakout escapes | 0 |
The number of non-breakout escapes | Less than or equal to 5 |
The proportion of general random drug tests undertaken by prisoners that have a positive result | Less than 5% |
The number of unnatural deaths | 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% |
The rate of prisoner on prisoner assaults that are serious, per 100 prisoners | 0.5 or less |
The rate of prisoner on staff assaults that are serious, per 100 prisoners | 0.2 or less |
The proportion of all complaints received to the Office of the Inspectorate that are acknowledged within 10 working days of receipt | 100% |
The proportion of all complaint investigations completed by the Office of the Inspectorate within three months of being received | Greater than 80% |
The percentage of Health Centres in prisons that retained their Cornerstone accreditation status following completion of annual review | 100% |
The proportion of community-based offenders who successfully complete their sentence or order | Greater than 75% |
The proportion of community-based offenders being held to account by Probation staff for non-compliance | 90% |
The proportion of offenders entitled to receive an offender plan that received one within Standards of Practice timeframes: | |
| 90% |
| 80% |
The proportion of offenders with an identified rehabilitation activity on their offender plan who have a matching scheduled placement for a Departmental programme: | |
| 80% |
| 45% |
| The proportion of prisoners who have completed an intensive literacy and numeracy programme who demonstrate statistically significant gains | 35% |
| The percentage of offenders who start and complete a rehabilitation programme: | |
| 85% |
| 65% |
| The total number of referrals made to reintegration service providers | 5,000 |
| The total number of referrals made to reintegration service providers that resulted in a programme start | 4,000 |
| All public prisons to be achieving on average 100% engagement for eligible prisoners | 100% engagement |
| 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% |
| Technical quality of policy advice paper assessed by a survey with a methodological robustness of 90% | 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% |
| Total cost per output hours of professional staff time devoted to policy advice and other policy functions | $105 |
| The percentage of ministerial draft correspondence that is signed without changes | Greater than 95% |
| The percentage of all responses to parliamentary questions that are completed within five working days | Greater than 98% |
| The percentage of responses to ministerial draft correspondence that are completed within 20 working days | Greater than 98% |