Council Budget 2022-23

We asked

As part of its budget setting process for 2022-2023, Wirral Council carried out a budget consultation with residents about what council services matter most to them. The consultation ran from 2 to 28 November 2022, and asked residents what their priorities are, what council services they felt made a difference, and where they believe the Council should be focusing its efforts to help develop the budget plan.

You said

A total of 534 survey responses were received, 530 online responses and 4 paper copies. In summing up responses, Parks and Open Spaces and Children’s Services were highlighted as being among the top 3 for both most valued services and most important services to invest more resources in. Safe and Pleasant Communities was the priority most frequently placed as most important, specifically ‘working with partner agencies to reduce crime and tackle anti-social behaviour’.

112 contributions were made to the ideas board by 78 participants. The most common themes were the Council’s operation and structure, ideas relating to maintenance and ideas relating to golf courses.

For more information about the consultation and to view the consultation report click here.

We did

Following the consultation, feedback was considered by the Policy and Resources Committee on 17 January 2022 and referred to the specific Budget meeting of the Policy and Resources Committee on 15 February 2022, where recommendation of the budget savings was made. This was ratified at Budget Council on 28 February 2022.