§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average response time was in 2001 for the(a) London ambulance service and (b) Sussex ambulance service; and what the Government's target response times were. [24337]
§ Ms Blears[holding answer 8 January 2002]: Information in the form requested is not collected centrally. Information for London Ambulance National Health Service Trust and Sussex Ambulance NHS Trust about the proportion of emergency calls resulting in an ambulance arriving at the scene of the reported incident within the Government's target response time is contained in the Department of Health Statistical Bulletin "Ambulance Services, England 2000–01". A copy of the bulletin is in the Library and available at www.doh.gov.uk/public/sb0115.htm.