HC Deb 20 June 1978 vol 952 cc170-4W
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the total number of patients carried, mileage travelled and total expenditure by agency and voluntary services for each ambulance authority in England for each year since April 1974.

Mr. Deakins,

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

The information is as follows:

AGENCY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES
1974 1975 1976
Region 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 … 52.9 576.6 59,692 79.4 570.6 51,915 64.5 428.0 73,618
Cleveland … — — — Not available Not available 57 Not available Not available 2,016
Cumbria … 68.5 1,011.7 81,955 52.7 1,111.0 106,834 40.7 780.6 136,400
Durham … Not available 23.8 Not available Not available Not available 63 0.1 1.2 3,106
Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service … 4.9 166.4 14,216 10.4 274.0 28,588 17.2 365.8 46,572
Humberside … 11.0 251.3 20,126 17.7 344.0 25,186 11.6 283.3 37,401
North Yorkshire … 20.2 202.2 70,309 7.7 109.0 7,874 1.2 49.9 6,276
Trent Metropolitan Ambulance Service … 3.1 77.1 8,426 5.6 131.7 25,393 8.1 221.0 44,169
Derbyshire … Not available Not available 602 Not available Not available 957 Not available Not available 1,308
Leicestershire … 3.0 111.4 11,589 3.4 131.9 11,631 1.9 108.5 15,387
Lincolnshire … 64.7 819.8 74,829 106.2 1,366.0 100,979 71.5 1,076.5 116,594
Nottinghamshire … 5.4 173.0 310,253 6.5 213.3 19,622 5.7 192.6 25,367
East Anglia Cambridgeshire … 93.0 1,011.0 103,705 173.9 1,715.7 177,272 228.6 1,738.0 223,044
Norfolk … 160.8 1,909.8 168,505 215.3 2,335.7 279,906 226.4 2,819.0 353,619
Suffolk … 142.0 1,718.4 130,059 192.4 2,295.2 205,831 175.5 2,125.5 263,498
North.West Thames Bedfordshire … 11.9 226.0 19,645 15.2 329.6 15,398 16.7 348.6 45,782
Hertfordshire … 21.1 567.4 50,366 29.7 763.4 72,654 29.3 740.6 90,402
North.East Thames Essex … 74.3 860.4 111,087 99.8 1,210.1 144,344 103.7 1,258.4 169,115
South.East Thames East Sussex … 155.1 2,240.6 118,390 180.5 2,234.6 191,582 223.7 2,271.2 241,649
Kent … 27.3 634.3 62,649 32.5 833.3 91,696 32.8 887.1 119,377
South.West Thames London Ambulance Service … 180.3 1,580.8 260,785 229.2 1,862.2 246,107 165.4 1,377.6 228,558
Surrey … 201.2 1,679.7 150,261 275.4 2,364.9 229,430 253.1 2,310.8 270,488
West Sussex … 78.2 1,180.4 107,308 92.8 1,636.1 160,079 177.9 1,693.2 209,232

1974 1975 1976
Region 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 … 157.0 273.4 126,176 181.9 1,662.0 158,993 216.8 1,991.0 228,538
Hampshire … 297.9 2,286.7 202,062 297.4 2.956.3 299,240 364.4 3,382.5 411,978
Wiltshire … 100.6 1,260.7 129,802 146.3 1,755.6 204,602 168.1 1,888.0 246,721
Isle of Wight … 40.8 274.3 25,561 48.2 358.1 33,957 51.0 377.7 47,415
Oxford Berkshire … 37.4 688.2 67,031 68.3 865.6 99,140 73.9 971.0 119,001
Buckinghamshire … 19.6 232.7 17,330 32.1 384.4 57,600 47.6 579.0 71,430
Northamptonshire … 0.9 38.7 4,463 1.6 65.1 10,544 2.5 93.2 12,643
Oxfordshire … 92.8 1,060.3 78,582 102.4 1,274.8 86,679 93.8 1,172.3 136,651
South.Western Avon … 46.7 387.8 36,075 55.5 532.4 52,136 46.4 516.7 62,058
Cornwall and Isles of Stilly … 98.0 1,414.5 118,252 178.7 2,387.4 198,272 182.7 2,265.0 230,660
Devon … 265.1 2,428.8 205,028 393.5 3,472.7 353,698 410.1 3,351.5 406,559
Gloucestershire … 35.3 509.8 37,741 40.1 605.5 59,470 44.6 641.5 85,478
Somerset … 19.1 263.5 28,219 42.4 561.8 59,953 54.0 672.9 87,977
West Midlands Metropolitan Ambulance Service … 85.9 647.6 113,068 137.4 1,035.0 143,952 158.4 1,360.5 247,304
Hereford and Worcester … 86.6 989.4 93,498 130.7 1,725.2 132,184 146.6 1,973.4 182,709
Salop … 9.1 174.8 16,232 11.5 237.4 27,889 13.4 280.6 38,165
Staffordshire … 0.8 48.7 5,547 1.3 89.2 10,367 1.6 111.4 14,183
Warwickshire … 1.7 42.5 3,941 3.0 64.8 7,081 4.1 86.5 12,535
Mersey Metropolitan Ambulance Service … Not available Not available 3,500 Not available Not available 3,156 Not available Not available 2,087
Cheshire … 13.2 304.3 11,854 18.3 359.2 34,334 7.4 218.5 26,575
North.Western Metropolitan Ambulance Service … 40.1 115.1 31,113 109.4 343.8 71,274 93.5 381.3 80,436
Lancashire … 18.9 67.7 20,844 57.2 158.2 28,715 61.3 211.8 35,204
* Financial years 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77 (the latest year for which figures are available).
† 1974 figures for 'mileage' include rail and services.