Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 100639

Health Services: Finance

Tabled: 16 December 2025
Answered: 12 January 2026
Named Day

Question

Chris Coghlan

Liberal DemocratDorking and Horley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department will set out the budget to local authorities so they can distribute funding for local Healthwatch services in the 2026/27 financial year.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
As advised in the Local Government Bulletin of 7 January, funding for Local Healthwatch arrangements for financial year 2026/27 will be £14.15 million. As in previous years, this will be paid via the Local Reform and Community Voices grant. The formal gra...

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