Ambulance Service (Hansard, 8 July 1985)

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§ Mr. Cohen
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what were the staff levels for each year since 1979 in the ambulance service nationally.

§ Mr. John Patten
The figures requested are shown in the table:

NHS Directly Employed Ambulance Staff^* in England

Whole Time Equivalent†

Numbers

30 September:

1979 17,100

1980 17,800

1981 18,200

1982 18,300

1983 18,400

1984‡ 18,100

31 March 1985‡ 18,200

Percentage real increase in revenue expenditure and distance from 'target' in the Thames regions

Financial Year

1978–79 1981–82 1982–83 1984–85 1985–86

North West Thames

Expenditure £ million 374.3 641.2 625.4 694.6 713.0

Percentage Increase — 12.3 — 1.6 —

Distance from "target" per cent. +13.29 +12.33 +9.62 +8.01 -7.10

North East Thames

Expenditure £ million 409.0 692.6 790.0 865.7 903.4

Percentage Increase — 11.0 — 0.3 —

Distance from "target" per cent. +12.52 +8.86 +11.32 +8.99 +9.71

South East Thames

Expenditure £ million 391.4 654.7 692.3 764.5 789.6

Percentage Increase — 9.6 — 1.1 —

Distance from "target" per cent. +10.70 +8.87 +8.48 +6.50 +5.59

South West Thames

Expenditure £ million 301.2 511.4 526.5 586.0 602.8

Percentage increase — 11.3 — 1.8 —

Distance from "target" per cent. +5.87 +5.67 +5.86 +7.31 +4.29

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^* Includes Ambulance Officers.
† All figures are rounded to nearest 100.
‡ Provisional.