10. Question No. 10—JusticeNICOLE McKEE (ACT) to the Minister of JusticeQuestion No. 10—Justice10. NICOLE McKEE (ACT) to the Minister of Justice: Does she stand by her statement that she will bring a victim-centric" approach to her job; and if so will she commit to introducing tougher penalties for offenders who repeatedly victimise New Zealanders?Hon KIRITAPU ALLAN (Minister of Justice): In response to the first part of the question yes. In response to the second part of the question the Government is committed to taking an evidence-based approach to keeping our communities safe breaking the cycle of offending and tackling the root causes of crime.Nicole McKee: What work will she ask the Ministry of Justice to do if any considering the news of the number of burglaries increased to 289000 over the last year as evidenced this morning?Hon KIRITAPU ALLAN: This morning the New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey was released. It's the fourth of its type and it showed a range of interesting outcomes. The first is that crime trends are relatively stabilised. The second is that those that are victims of crime there are some substantive issues there. First of all that 2 percent of all adults experiencing crime experienced 39 percent of the total crime rates against all victims. We know that those that are victims of crimes are those that are already most disproportionately impacted by a range of factors. Those with disabilities are impacted 55 percent more than others those that form part of our queer community those that are Māori all form a substantial part of our victims. So to the member's question "What will we be doing?" we have taken an approach that will enable first of all through our Budget 2023 a joined-up approach across the justice sector. Over $40 million has been invested into ensuring that there is an all-of-Government approach to the way that we are responding to those victims of crime. Second is that we are making sure that we engage victims at the outset of the process. There are a range of different measures in place and I think it's clear that both sides of this House—SPEAKER: Order! Order! I think it's fair to say that the member's had a fair go.Nicole McKee: Is she concerned that the number of repeat burglaries increased over the last year; and will she be introducing new policies to target criminals who repeatedly commit burglaries?Hon KIRITAPU ALLAN: One of the highlights of the New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey as just stated in this House was that crime rates overall are relatively stable and have been over the last few years. With respect to burglary in particular we're taking it in terms of the focus on victims. Our focus is on ensuring that we are supporting those victims at the outset when a crime is done against them and we're taking an all-of-Government approach. Nicole McKee: Will she commit to considering ACT's policy of sentencing burglars to three years in prison without parole if they are convicted of a burglary for a third time?Hon KIRITAPU ALLAN: No.Nicole McKee: What work has she asked the Ministry of Justice to do if any to support the victims of crime who are owed more than $35 million in unpaid reparations since I asked her about it last week?Hon KIRITAPU ALLAN: I thank the member again for her question because this is an area that I am quite concerned about. Reparations getting to victims—there have been multiple challenges over many many years. One of the things that we have established there is to ensure that victims receive their reparations in a more coordinated approach. To date in the last year we've seen over $5 million go directly to victims. We've got $6 million that are on an automatic payment scheme which is an uplift from previous years. And we'll continue to monitor that progress.Nicole McKee: Point of order. My question was to the Minister about what work she's done in the last week on the issue about the $35 million of unpaid reparation.SPEAKER: And I think she started off by saying she's been focusing quite a lot on that issue."