§ Dr. Marekasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the average response time for ambulances answering emergency calls; and what is the percentage of response times taking 20 minutes or more for the counties of (a) Clwyd and (b) Gwynedd for the last five years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonRecommended response times for ambulances answering emergency calls are based on eight minutes for the 50 percentile and 20 minutes for the 95 percentile. The 50 percentile may be taken as the median of the total number of calls. Figures for the last five years in Clwyd and Gwynedd are as follows:
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1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 (in minutes) Clwyd 50 percentile 7 8 8 8 6 95 percentile 16 18 17 16 17 Gwynedd 50 percentile 8 8 7 7 7 95 percentile 20 20 20 19 20 The percentage of calls in which the response time was more than 20 minutes are as follows:
1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Clwyd 3 3 2 3 3 Gwynedd 5 5 5 4 5