§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health in what proportion of cases an emergency ambulance arrived within 14 minutes in an urban area and within 19 minutes in a rural area in 1991–92.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe latest available figures for England for 1990–91 are given in the table.
percentage Emergency calls: Response times: Metropolitan authorities — Percentage of calls where response within 14 minutes 83.2 Emergency calls: Response times: Non-metropolitan authorities — Percentage of calls where response within 20 minutes 94.8 Before 1991–92, ambulance services in England were categorised as metropolitan and non-metropolitan. Figures were collected for the number of emergency ambulances arriving within 14 and 20 minutes repsectively.