Commentary on Sections Part 5 – Public involvement and local government Health and Wellbeing Boards: supplementary Section 199 – Supply of information to Health and Wellbeing Boards
1211.This section allows a Health and Wellbeing Board to request the provision of information from certain persons, for example, the Local Healthwatch organisation represented on the Board and the CCGs so represented, for the purpose of enabling or assisting it to perform functions. Subsection (2) requires those persons to supply the information. Subsection (4) requires that the information requested must relate to a function of the person from whom the information is requested, or a person in respect of whom a function is exercisable by that person. For example, information could be requested to support the analysis within the joint strategic needs assessment or the development of the joint health and wellbeing strategy. Subsection (3) requires the information supplied to be used only for the purpose of enabling or helping the Health and Wellbeing Board to exercise its functions.