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What portion of the additional operating funding provided through Vote Corrections 2026/27, if any, is attributable to prisoner population growth, expressed in both dollar terms and as a percentage of the total additional operating funding?

Answered Question 24399 (2026)
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Tracey McLellan

List MP · Labour Party

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  • What portion of the additional operating funding provided through Vote Corrections 2026/27, if any, is attributable to prisoner population growth, expressed in both dollar terms and as a percentage of the total additional operating funding?

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Hon Mark Mitchell

Member for Whangaparāoa · National Party · Minister of Corrections

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I am advised that the increase in Operational funding to address increasing prisoner volumes is $477.130 million for the forecast period. This is 95 percent of the total additional operating funding for Corrections in Budget 2026 (excluding tagged contingencies).