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What changes, if any, are expected, planned, forecast, or assumed during 2026/27 to probation staffing allocations, staffing models, caseload expectations, regional allocations, or role design as part of, or in connection with, savings, optimisation, scaling, reprioritisation, fiscal sustainability, or efficiency initiatives? and 2 other questions

Answered 24594, 24602, 24610 (2026)
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Tracey McLellan

List MP · Labour Party

Questions

  • 24594

    What changes, if any, are expected, planned, forecast, or assumed during 2026/27 to probation staffing allocations, staffing models, caseload expectations, regional allocations, or role design as part of, or in connection with, savings, optimisation, scaling, reprioritisation, fiscal sustainability, or efficiency initiatives?

  • 24602

    What changes, if any, are expected, planned, forecast, or assumed during 2026/27 to custodial staffing ratios, staffing models, staffing allocations, roster models, minimum staffing levels, or post coverage at prison sites as part of, or in connection with, savings, optimisation, scaling, reprioritisation, fiscal sustainability, or efficiency initiatives?

  • 24610

    How many frontline full-time equivalent roles, if any, are expected, forecast, planned, or assumed to be disestablished, reduced, merged, centralised, reclassified, or restructured during 2026/27 as part of, or in connection with, savings, optimisation, scaling, reprioritisation, fiscal sustainability, or efficiency initiatives in Vote Corrections, broken down by business group, prison site or region, and role type?

Answered by

Hon Mark Mitchell

Member for Whangaparāoa · National Party · Minister of Corrections

Answer

Corrections received funding for an additional 710 frontline staff as part of Budget 2026 due to the increased number of offenders expected in upcoming 2026/27 financial year. Of the 710 additional roles, 471 are corrections officers and with the remainder comprising probation officers, case managers, health staff such as nurses and psychologists, and learning and programme staff. I am advised that Corrections regularly monitors workload demand and available resources, adjusting staffing levels and recruitment targets to align with demand and ensure they can meet their obligations effectively. I am further advised that no decisions have been made at this stage in relation to adjustments to the funded frontline establishment (including Custodial Services, Community Partnerships and Pathways, and Pae Ora frontline workforces) as part of savings, optimisation, scaling, reprioritisation, fiscal sustainability, or efficiency initiatives.