§ Mrs. Dunwoodyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the level of purchases by the National Health Service of ambulances from the Republic of Ireland; and from which Irish companies, and how many ambulances were bought in the last financial year.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe total number of ambulance bodies purchased by National Health Service authorities in England and the London ambulance service in the 1982–83 financial year was 874. Of these 475 were purchased from N. Hanlon Ltd. in the Republic of Ireland. Decisions about which ambulance bodies to purchase are made by individual health authorities, usually the regional health authority.