53729 (2025). Camilla Belich to the Minister of Corrections

53729 (2025). Camilla Belich to the Minister of Corrections: What was the total expenditure, if any, by agencies for which the Minister is responsible, if any, since 27 November 2023 on (a) branding, marketing, or promotional materials; (b) consultants or contractors engaged for branding, internal communications, or culture-related projects; (c) novelty or promotional items such as (but not limited to) pens, stress balls, model animals, or branded clothing; (d) office furnishings, décor, or recreational equipment; (e) non-essential electrical items or appliances; (f) staff wellbeing or break-room facilities; (g) novelty, decorative, or entertainment items, whether purchased or hired; (h) repairs, replacements, or damages to property or hired items; and (i) expenditure recorded under “miscellaneous” or “other” cost categories, listed by agency, date, purpose, supplier, and total cost?

Hon Mark Mitchell: I am advised that Corrections has robust accounting and recording systems in place. I am further advised that to provide total expenditure on the categories outlined in (a) to (i) by agency, date, purpose supplier and total cost would require substantial collation and analysis of this information. My officials are unable to provide the details requested within the timeframe for this written question. I am advised that Corrections reports total expenditure on categories including contactors, staff training, staff wellbeing initiatives, software licensing and advertising for recruitment in a consistent manner each year through the Annual Review and Estimates select committee processes. Corrections’ responses to the Annual Review and Estimates questionnaires are publicly available at the following link: https://www.corrections.govt.nz/resources/strategic_reports/select_committees. I am further advised that Corrections also includes their annual financial statements in their annual reports, which are publicly available at the following link: https://www.corrections.govt.nz/resources/strategic_reports/annual-reports. Corrections employs approximately 11,000 staff across a variety of different roles, with the overwhelming majority of Corrections’ staff working in frontline positions across 17 Corrections-managed prisons and many more Community Corrections sites across New Zealand. Corrections is always conscious of the need to deliver value for money for taxpayers, while maintaining their commitment to achieving their strategic outcomes.