Ambulance Service (Hansard, 15 June 1978)

§ Mr. Deakins

, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 15th May 1978; Vol. 950, c. 40], gave the following information:

AMBULANCE SERVICES (EXCLUDING AGENCY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES)
	1974	1975	1976
Region and ambulance service		Patients carried	Mileage^*	Total expenditure†	Patients carried	Mileage^*	Total expenditure†	Patients carried	Mileage^*	Total expenditure
		(thousands)	(thousands)	£	(thousands)	(thousands)	£	(thousands)	(thousands)	£
Northern:
Northumbria Ambulance Service	…	640.4	3,242.5	2,671,295	739.7	3,994.3	3,558,144	826.7	4,470.0	4,552,635
Cleveland	…	246.9	1,284.7	871,333	288.2	1,493.1	1,206,248	292.1	1,606.8	1,401,041
Cumbria	…	215.2	1,557.3	773,509	219.1	1,733.1	1,118,488	227.9	1,746.8	1,265,552
Durham	…	224.1	1,449.9	1,106,352	268.3	1,824.1	1,439,329	315.8	2,070.7	1,605,301
Yorkshire:
Metropolitan Ambulance Service	…	815.1	4,292.5	3,522,260	1,044.4	5,355.0	4,565,157	1,104.0	5,527.2	5,487,049
Humberside	…	377.3	1,984.0	1,246,563	491.1	2,694.2	1,694,666	521.7	2,899.3	1,983,460
North Yorkshire	…	175.6	1,334.9	732,826	274.5	1,980.5	1,078,885	305.4	2,172.3	1,308,392
Trent:
Metropolitan Ambulance Service	…	370.1	1,602.7	1,925,904	473.6	2,503.0	3,035,261	470.3	2,442.0	3,200,167
Derbyshire	…	318.5	1,877.2	1,323,962	426.8	2,550.8	1,739,331	425.0	2,586.5	2,128,677
Leicestershire	…	221.0	1,545.5	1,069,192	264.4	1,935.4	1,415,112	286.8	2,234.3	1,605,925
Lincolnshire	…	213.5	1,273.1	815,660	256.2	1,794.5	1,173,777	266.6	1,875.6	1,242,086
Nottinghamshire	…	360.3	1,798.6	1,260,150	488.4	2,490.3	2,225,750	482.6	2,494.0	2,402,602
East Anglia:
Cambridgeshire	…	89.5	747.9	604,503	110.2	908.1	823,310	115.6	965.1	938,323
Norfolk	…	89.4	950.6	986,305	127.3	1,410.6	1,275,943	132.1	1,455.0	1,375,657
Suffolk	…	89.7	636.3	509,384	110.1	815.4	728,430	110.6	833.2	871,671
North West Thames:	…
Bedfordshire	…	86.4	619.9	513,385	123.6	854.7	682,807	130.9	891.5	726,360
Hertfordshire	…	228.5	1,552.8	1,219,675	321.2	2,147.0	1,564,563	323.8	2,165.8	1,699,096
North East Thames:
Essex	…	318.1	2,304.3	1,947,561	422.7	3,274.7	2,643.475	380.1	3,350.3	2,660,240
South East Thames:
East Sussex	…	263.9	1,053.2	1,106,056	328.9	1,591.6	1,456,642	323.4	1,589.7	1,671,041
Kent	…	495.1	2,849.4	2,510,125	604.9	3,778.0	3,412,791	660.6	3,970.5	3,650,505
South West Thames:
London Ambulance Service	…	2,031.5	8,671.1	12,576,961	2,752.5	12,285.6	16,361,945	2,893.9	13,298.7	18,008,636
Surrey	…	226.5	1,706.6	1,766,047	308.1	2,244.0	2,246,867	314.6	2,387.0	2,316,981
West Sussex	…	111.9	789.4	761,530	161.7	1,112.1	970,525	151.1	1,333.9	1,158,378

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AMBULANCE SERVICES (EXCLUDING AGENCY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES)
		1974	1975	1976
Region and ambulance service		Patients carried	Mileage^*	Total expenditure†	Patients carried	Mileage^*	Total expenditure†	Patients carried	Mileage^*	Total expenditure
		(thousands)	(thousands)	£	(thousands)	(thousands)	£	(thousands)	(thousands)	£
Wessex:
Dorset	…	24.3	712.9	605,852	98.9	994.0	1,034,870	127.9	1,121.9	1,205,936
Hampshire	…	196.1	1,839.0	1,643,151	299.7	2,302.1	2,329,638	328.7	2,410.9	2,763,688
Wiltshire	…	96.1	728.5	677,480	128.5	989.4	1,020,631	134.2	1,035.0	1,145,243
Isle of Wight	…	11.0	117.4	148,160	12.9	170.6	203,581	21.0	170.8	256,201
Oxford:
Berkshire	…	149.4	993.3	944,341	205.6	1,341.4	1,221,452	216.9	1,420.6	1,285,234
Buckinghamshire	…	176.9	1,203.5	916,496	205.3	1,531.1	1,202,433	221.0	1,606.2	1,252,782
Northamptonshire	…	181.0	983.1	721,754	237.2	1,379.4	1,003,038	277.4	1,467.8	1,074,785
Oxfordshire	…	69.9	238.2	718,907	203.0	1,225.3	1,010,000	200.5	1,206.8	1,166,999
SouthWestern:
Avon	…	300.0	1,557.8	1,373,156	395.9	2,101.9	1,968,480	407.8	2,154.0	2,053,993
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly	…	98.7	950.3	636,729	98.5	1,252.5	884,934	103.4	1,355.3	1,041,018
Devon	…	174.3	1,317.3	1,248,260	216.6	1,758.3	1,842,162	164.2	1,552.0	2,180,118
Gloucestershire	…	145.6	1,028.1	864,798	207.0	1,483.4	1,168,298	221.1	1,477.0	1,292,244
Somerset	…	108.5	854.9	598,541	139.6	1,112.7	1,326,112	127.9	1,065.3	955,753
West Midlands:
Metropolitan Ambulance Service	…	749.8	3,231.4	3,763,715	921.0	4,184.8	5,138,469	887.0	4,184.8	5,684,905
Hereford and Worcester	…	154.9	950.4	754,214	223.9	1,336.6	1,046,479	224.2	1,343.5	1,231,570
Salop	…	107.7	1,058.4	520,419	144.2	1,362.7	702,913	149.2	1,417.3	851,990
Staffordshire	…	300.9	1,916.8	1,394,462	387.3	2,474.0	1,806,166	396.4	2,504.5	2,016,345
Warwickshire	…	89.2	659.9	552,786	120.5	902.2	745,143	123.7	883.5	818,434
Mersey:
Metropolitan Ambulance Service	…	412.6	1,979.9	2,169,975	535.0	2,628.3	3,115,047	626.2	2,796.0	3,398,302
Cheshire	…	248.3	1,337.2	1,158,894	336.9	1,955.7	1,453,435	360.2	2,162.2	1,639,932
North Western:
Metropolitan Ambulance Service	…	1,013.6	4,724.8	4,199,511	1,253.0	5,168.6	5,782,331	1,268.2	5,606.0	6,842,289
Lancashire	…	466.2	2,540.0	2,136,835	582.6	3,435.0	2,786,931	617.9	3,563.2	3,125,320
Notes:
^* Figures include rail and air services with the exception of "mileage" in 1974.
† Financial years 1974–75, 1975–76 and 1976–77 (the latest year for which figures are available).

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