§ Mr. Home Robertsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many supplementary benefit claimants in Scotland receive extra weekly payments for heating costs; how many receive the higher amount; and if he will break down these figures to show the number of pensioners, people with children and other categories of claimants.
§ Dr. Boyson[pursuant to his reply, 20 February 1984, c. 425]: The information requested is as follows. In December 1982 about 238,000 people were receiving supplementary benefit heating additions in Scotland.
§ Mr. John Patten[pursuant to his reply, 17 February 1984, c. 355]: Information is not collected centrally in the precise form requested but certain statistics on the ambulance services have been made available to the Department by the York Health Authority. The following table, based on these statistics, shows the number of NHS emergency patients carried by each ambulance service and the rate per 100,000 population in each of the years 1978–79 to 1982–83 inclusive.
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1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 Ambulance authority service Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate North West Thames Region Bedfordshire 13.7 2,765 11.7 2,355 11.9 2,387 13.0 2,596 12.0 2,337 Hertfordshire 25.9 2,736 23.6 2,474 23.0 2,417 24.2 2,552 28.8 3,037 North East Thames Region Essex 39.2 2,729 42.0 2,903 40.3 2,765 42.2 2,863 42.3 2,863 South East Thames Region East Sussex 21.4 3,271 21.2 3,402 24.5 3,749 34.1 5,204 35.5 5,426 Kent 30.5 2,113 37.7 2,601 34.4 2,352 32.2 2,202 32.6 2,196 South West Thames Region Surrey 21.9 2,194 22.5 2,262 22.7 1,958 23.4 2,340 23.0 2,259 West Sussex 15.4 2,432 15.3 2,380 15.4 2,362 15.8 2,424 15.7 2,418 London Ambulance * * 443.8 6,454 436.4 6,345 442.6 6,462 445.7 6,588 Wessex Region Dorset 14.0 2,388 14.8 2,498 15.8 2,682 15.8 2,653 16.5 2,732 Hampshire 291 1,979 28.7 1,955 29.0 1,952 30.2 2,037 30.3 2,057 Wiltshire 11.8 2,213 12.2 2,278 10.6 1,976 12.6 2,346 13.1 2,441 Isle of Wight 2.7 2,341 2.5 1,976 2.5 2,125 30.0 2,615 2.9 2,470 Oxford Region Berkshire 13.7 2,765 15.2 2,024 15.3 2,014 15.8 2,063 15.9 2,073 Buckinghamshire 9.9 2,052 9.7 1,979 8.7 1,698 9.0 1,693 9.6 1,644 Northamptonshire 12.0 2,328 13.0 2,492 13.2 2,508 13.4 2,533 12.7 2,380 Oxfordshire 7.7 1,520 8.3 1,639 7.8 1,520 16.9 3,284 16.6 3,229 South Western Region Avon 22.0 2,402 22.3 2,413 22.0 2,380 22.8 2,462 22.9 2,474 Cornwall and Isle of Scilly 11.3 2,779 11.1 2,671 10.8 2,584 10.8 2,573 11.3 2,645 Devon 19.9 2,105 19.7 2,089 20.6 2,149 22.8 2,382 22.4 2,318 Gloucestershire 91 1,842 9.5 1,921 9.7 1,953 10.1 2,009 11.1 2,194 Somerset 6.3 1,538 6.3 1,544 6.7 1,607 6.7 1,620 6.6 1,537 West Midlands Region Hereford and Worcester 15.4 2,550 18.3 2,959 19.3 3,061 19.5 3,091 10.5 1,642 Salop 5.7 1,546 18.0 1,582 19.3 1,680 7.3 1,679 3.2 832 Staffordshire 27.7 2,777 37.4 3,739 34.9 3,473 33.9 3,339 27.9 2,740 Warwickshire 8.3 1,784 8.3 1,770 7.4 1,576 7.7 1,629 7.6 1,596 West Midlands metropolitar * * 80.3 2,867 81.1 2,898 83.2 2,971 167.1 5,966 Mersey Region Cheshire 24.4 2,731 26.8 2,943 25.6 2,817 26.6 2,914 27.3 2,990 Mersey metropolitan * * 88.3 5,710 93.6 6,113 93.7 6,096 96.4 6,322 North Western Region Lancashire 50.5 3,695 53.9 3,934 52.7 3,856 53.2 3,893 55.0 4,029 Greater Manchester metroplitan * * 125.8 4,720 125.3 4,754 129.3 4,925 133.5 5,054 * Not available
§ Mrs. Dunwoodyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many miles were driven by (a) non-emergency ambulances, and (b) emergency ambulances in each regional health authority and in each group of district health authorities which jointly organise their services, in 1979 and at the latest available date.
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Patient Mileage: Number of miles (thousands) travelled bv Ambulance Ambulance Service 1979–80 1982–83 Non-Emergency Emergency Non-Emergency Emergency England 82,613 15,422 85,216 17,701 Northern regions Cleveland 1,093 217 791 240 Cumbria 1,479 175 1,984 230 Durham 1,328 382 1,538 410 Northumbria Metropolitan 3,632 635 3,342 867 Yorkshire region
§ Mr. John Patten[pursuant to his reply, 17 February 1984, c. 355]: The following table, based on the statistics compiled by the York health authority, shows the numbers of miles travelled in ambulances by non-emergency and emergency patients, for each ambulance service in 1979–80 and 1982–83.
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Patient Mileage: Number of miles (thousands) travelled by Ambulance Ambulance Service 1979–80 1982–83 Non-Emergency Emergency Non-Emergency Emergency Humberside 2,761 188 2,739 210 North Yorkshire 1,717 173 1,614 185 West Yorkshire Metropolitan 4,464 709 4,030 772 Trent region Derbyshire 2,263 182 2,032 208 Leicestershire 1,739 292 1,848 342 Lincolnshire 1,229 222 1,364 209 Nottinghamshire 1,679 491 1,759 821 South Yorkshire Metropolitan 1,380 807 1,489 880 East Anglian region Cambridgeshire 771 98 994 111 Norfolk 1,360 147 1,683 191 Suffolk 770 102 1,006 113 North West Thames region Bedfordshire 826 68 874 132 Hertfordshire 2,391 222 1,861 231 North East Thames region Essex 2,614 404 3,014 369 South East Thames region East Sussex 1,156 201 1,160 227 Kent 3,221 379 3,779 453 South West Thames region Surrey 1,870 279 2,159 314 West Sussex 875 204 993 220 London 7,242 3,157 7,753 3,266 Wessex region Dorset 840 140 889 249 Hampshire 1,892 288 2,034 314 Wiltshire 798 93 546 139 Isle of Wight 174 33 191 43 Oxford region Berkshire 1,139 197 1,207 218 Buckinghamshire 1,263 137 1,420 129 Northamptonshire 1,125 186 1,238 185 Oxfordshire 948 132 741 284 South Western region Avon 2,043 142 2,040 148 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 1,175 179 1,334 184 Devon 1,354 185 1,602 218 Gloucestershire 1,256 122 1,273 161 Somerset 903 103 922 113 West Midlands region Hereford and Worcester 918 173 987 151 Salop 1,242 86 1,239 63 Staffordshire 1,903 310 1,887 338 Warwickshire 821 81 828 71 West Midlands Metropolitan 3,427 682 3,063 1,070 Mersey region Cheshire 2,014 304 2,120 336 Mersey Metropolitan 2,151 714 2,421 804 North Western region Lancashire 3,032 495 2,933 566 Greater Manchester Metropolitan 4,335 906 4,493 916
§ Mrs. Dunwoodyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the average number of emergency ambulances on call per 100,000 population in England in each regional health authority and in each group of district health authorities which organise their ambulance services jointly.
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§ Mr. John Patten[pursuant to his reply, 17 February 1984, c. 355]: The precise information is not available. The following table, based on the statistics compiled by the York health authority, shows the total number of ambulances per 100,000 population served by each ambulance service in 1982–83.
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Ambulance Services 1982–83 Number of Ambulances per 100,000 Population Number England 15 Northern Region Cleveland 15 Cumbria 21 Durham 18 Northumbria Metropolitan 18 Yorkshire Region Humberside 19 North Yorkshire 19 West Yorkshire Metropolitan 18 Trent Region Derbyshire 16 Leicestershire 14 Lincolnshire 19 Nottinghamshire 14 South Yorkshire Metropolitan 11 East Anglian Region Cambridgeshire 12 Norfolk 11 Suffolk 12 NW Thames Region Bedfordshire 14 Hertfordshire 14 NE Thames Region Essex 11 SE Thames Region East Sussex 13 Kent 15 SW Thames Region Surrey 12 West Sussex 13 London 16 Wessex Region Dorset 10 Hampshire 11 Wiltshire 17 IsleofWight 14 Oxford Region Berkshire 10 Buckinghamshire 13 Northamptonshire 14 Oxfordshire 11 South Western Region Avon 15 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 18 Devon 12 Gloucestershire 17 Somerset 16 West Midlands Region Hereford and Worcester 14 Salop 20 Staffordshire 15 Warwickshire 15 West Midlands Metropolitan 13 Mersey Region Cheshire 11 Mersey Metropolitan 13 North Western Region Lancashire 16 Greater Manchester Metropolitan 15