HC Deb 17 May 1978 vol 950 cc198-9W
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett

asked the secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the number of ambulancemen employed by each ambulance authority in England for each financial year since April 1974, and express each of these figures per capita of the population covered by the authority.

Mr. Deakins

Following is the information requested:

1975 1976
Region Ambulance Service Whole-time equivalent Whole-time equivalent per 100,000 population Whole-time equivalent Whole-time equivalent per 100,000 population
South West Thames* London Ambulance Service 2,133.0 30.4* 2,237.0 31.8*
Surrey 344.0 30.5 320.0 28.3
West Sussex 149.0 23.9 147.8 23.7
Wessex Regional Total 675.1 25.1 668.6 24.8
Dorset 143.0 25.0 140.0 24.3
Hampshire 373.1 28.8 372.6 28.7
Wiltshire 124.0 17.6 127.0 18.0
Isle of Wight 35.0 31.6 29.0 26.1
Oxford Regional Total 596.8 27.1 584.8 26.4
Berkshire 151.0 20.4 149.0 20.1
Bucks 163.8 35.2 163.8 34.5
Northants 144.0 28.8 142.0 28.1
Oxfordshire 138.0 28.0 130.0 26.2
South Western Regional Total 1,019.0 34.2 1,060.5 35.4
Avon 262.0 33.1 258.0 32.5
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 139.0 34.4 160.0 39.3
Devon 325.0 34.7 358.5 38.1
Gloucestershire 169.0 34.7 165.0 33.6
Somerset 124.0 34.9 119.0 33.1
West Midlands Regional Total 1,295.7 25.0 1,334.0 25.8
Metropolitan Ambulance Service 617.0 22.2 659.0 24.0
Hereford and Worcester 159.7 27.3 160.7 27.0
Salop 119.0 33.5 115.3 32.1
Staffordshire 279.0 28.2 282.0 28.3
Warwick 121.0 25.6 117.0 24.8
Mersey Regional Total 660.0 26.4 651.0 26.1
Metropolitan Ambulance Service 445.0 27.7 425.0 26.6
Cheshire 215.0 24.1 226.0 25.2
North Western Regional Total 1,373.0 33.4 1,373.0 33.6
Metropolitan Ambulance Service 861.0 31.5 864.0 31.9
Lanes 512.0 37.4 509.0 37.0
* Population figures used to estimate these ratios exclude the daily influx and the tourists.
Notes:
(1) Manpower figures relate to 30th September in each year, and are not available in respect of financial years.
(2) Figures are not available on a comparable basis for 1974, the period immediately following reorganisation.