My other written question is to the Minister responsible for Health and Social Services regarding board funding.
One recommendation of the Minister's Forum on Health and Social Services was to increase the authority and responsibility of local health and social services boards. Part of increasing the role of these boards is ensuring they have maximum control over funding. The Minister responsible for Health and Social Services is asked to provide for fiscal years 1997-98, 1998-99 and 1999-2000 to date:
- • A list of all funding sources and programs that boards can only access through discussion with, application to, or referral from headquarters staff (including GNWT funds, and funds administered by the Department of Health and Social Services on behalf of other parties such as the federal government);
- • The amount of money available from each funding source or program for boards;
- • The amount of funding accessed from each funding source or program by board;
- • The amount of funding from each program source or program that is not requested by boards and that was used on the direction of the department, along with an explanation of how these funds were used; and
- • The amount of funding from each funding source and program that lapsed each fiscal year.