Local Healthwatch funding

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Dear Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council,
1. What was the budget allocation from Bolton Metropolitan Council to
Healthwatch Bolton for 2016/17?
2. How does the Healthwatch Bolton budget allocation for 2016/17
compare with the 2015/16 allocation in terms percentage increase, decrease
or remaining the same?

Yours faithfully,

Andrew Harrison

Freedom Of Info, Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council

 

Dear Andrew Harrison

 

Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

 

In response to your request for information received at this office on
02/02/2017, Bolton Council is happy to supply the information as
requested.

 

Q1 What was the budget allocation from Bolton Metropolitan Council to
Healthwatch Bolton for 2016/17?
A1 £175,000
   
Q2 How does the Healthwatch Bolton budget allocation for 2016/17 compare
with the 2015/16 allocation in terms percentage increase, decrease or
remaining the same?
A2 The spend in 2016/17 was 23% lower than the £225,000 spend in 15/16.
This was largely due to the government grant for Healthwatch being cut
from £251,064 to £159,000 over the same period.

          

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