§ Mr. McGuireasked the Minister of Health if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the number of areas or districts in which the Lancashire County Council Ambulance Service is divided for administrative purposes, the names of the area or district headquarters, and the total area, expressed in square miles, of the area covered or allocated to each area or district.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonI am informed by the County Council that the information is as follows.
For administrative purposes the Lancashire County ambulance service is under the control of 17 divisional health committees for the following divisions:
For operational purposes the County ambulance service is divided into 5 areas formed by the grouping of divisions as follows, each with its own control centre:—
Health Division No. Divisional Office Area in Square Miles 1 Ulverston … 220 2 Lancaster … 218 3 Kirkham … 103 4 Fulwood, Preston … 278 5 Accrington … 89 6 Reedley … 93 7 Ormskirk … 150 8 Wigan … 62 9 Widnes … 69 10 Newton-le-Willows … 55 11 Leigh … 72 12 Bury … 63 13 Rochdale … 55 14 Chadderton … 24 15 Eccles … 22 16 Urmston … 20 17 Ashton-under-Lyne … 20
Control Area Divisions Control Centre Area iv Square Miles 1 1, 2, 3, 4 Broughton (Preston) 819 2 5, 6, parts of 12 and 13 Accrington 226 3 7, 8, 9, 10 Whiston (near Prescot) 336 4 11, 15, 16 Swinton 115 5 14, 17, parts of 12 and 13 Whitefield 118