Pwyllgor Cynghorol Therapïau Cymru

28 April 2022

Dear

ATISN 16264 – Welsh Therapies Advisory Committee

Thank you for your request to the Welsh Government for information under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) received on 14 April 2022 regarding the Welsh Therapies Advisory Committee.  You have requested the following:

1. the number of meetings held in each calendar year from 2011 to 2021 (or from whenever created or established until 2021, if later); and
2. the cost in maintaining the same, again broken down by calendar year and over the same period,

Response

The Welsh Therapies Advisory Committee function is to advise the Welsh Government on professional therapeutic health issues in Wales in relation to the following professions: art(s) therapies, podiatry, dietetics, occupational therapy, orthoptics, physiotherapy, orthotics and prosthetics, clinical psychology, paramedics and speech and language therapy.

1.  The committee meets 3 times a year.
2.  From 2011 to 2019 the administration costs were £4,500 per year. From 2020-2021 the committee met virtually, so no costs were incurred.

Next steps

If you are dissatisfied with the Welsh Government’s handling of your request, you can ask for an internal review within 40 working days of the date of this response.  Requests for an internal review should be addressed to the Welsh Government’s Freedom of Information Officer at:

Information Rights Unit, 
Welsh Government,
Cathays Park, 
Cardiff, 
CF10 3NQ 

or Email: Freedom.ofinformation@gov.wales

Please remember to quote the ATISN reference number above.   

You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner.  The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:  Information Commissioner’s Office,

Wycliffe House, 
Water Lane, 
Wilmslow, 
Cheshire, 
SK9 5AF.

However, please note that the Commissioner will not normally investigate a complaint until it has been through our own internal review process.

Yours sincerely