43146 (2025). Dr Tracey McLellan to the Minister of Corrections

43146 (2025). Dr Tracey McLellan to the Minister of Corrections: How many health and safety incident reports have been completed, if any, broken down by prison and role for the month ending 30 August 2025?

Hon Mark Mitchell: Corrections employs approximately 11,000 staff across a variety of different roles, with the overwhelming majority of Corrections’ staff working in frontline positions at many Community Corrections sites and 17 prisons across New Zealand. I am advised that Corrections encourages staff to lodge all health and safety incidents and has introduced a Health and Safety Reporting System to support this. These incidents are then triaged and investigated where required. Reported incidents can vary in nature and would include smaller incidents such as a stubbing a toe on a door frame or water on the ground. I refer the member to the attached table, which provides the number of health and safety incident reports completed in August 2025, broken down by prison. I am further advised that in order to protect the privacy of staff members, a further breakdown by role has not been provided.