29 June 2020
C122456
Nigel Gray
[FYI request #12907 email] Dear Mr Gray
Thank you for your email of 27 May 2020, requesting information about the
Department of Corrections’ revenue and expenditure. Your request has been
considered under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA).
You requested:
A respectable international website company Dun and Bradstreet are
reporting the revenue for Dept of Corrections, Wellington, New Zealand
as $1 trillion. Please explain to me how this money is earned or sourced
and how it is spent. In short I would like a full disclosure of this revenue.
The information you have referred to is incorrect.
Corrections’ Annual Reports contain a ‘Statement of Comprehensive Revenue
and Expense’ for the financial year that includes a breakdown of Corrections’
total operating revenue and expenses, which in the 2018/19 financial year
totaled $1.6969 and $1.699 billion respectively. For the most recent available
statement, you may refer to page 99 of Corrections’ Annual Report 2018/19, at:
www.corrections.govt.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/38852/Annual_Report_20
18_2019_Web_Version_Final.pdf
Previous Annual Reports are available at:
www.corrections.govt.nz/resources/strategic_reports/annual-reports
I trust the information provided is of assistance. Should you have any concerns
with this response, I would encourage you to raise these with Corrections.
Alternatively, you are advised of your right to also raise any concerns with the
Office of the Ombudsman. Contact details are: Office of the Ombudsman, PO
Box 10152, Wellington 6143.
Yours sincerely
Rebecca Powell
General Manager Public Affairs
Corporate Services