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Healthwatch: Expenditure

Answer

The following table shows the funding provided for Healthwatch England and Local Healthwatch. The funding shown for Local Healthwatch is only one element of the non-ringfenced funding provided to local authorities for Local Healthwatch, with the larger proportion having been rolled into the local government finance settlement in 2011 to 2012.

Organisation	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25	2025/26
Healthwatch England	£3,208,000	£3,299,760	£3,343,688	£3,349,630
Local Healthwatch	£14,150,000	£14,150,000	£14,150,000	£14,150,000

Notes:

1. funding for Healthwatch England and Local Healthwatch is paid in respect of financial years, rather than calendar years;
2. as Healthwatch England sit within the Care Quality Commission (CQC), funding is paid as part of the grant-in-aid budget the Department provides to the CQC each year; and
3. funding for Local Healthwatch is paid to local authorities, who have a legal duty to commission a Local Healthwatch in their area.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

3801

Session

2026-27

Subjects

Expenditure Healthwatch

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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