§ Mr. Corbynasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the total number of (a) ambulance drivers and (b) ambulances attached per National Health Service region for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. NewtonI regret that the information is not available centrally in the form requested. The table shows, for each National Health Service regional health authority, the numbers of all types of ambulance vehicles in use in the financial years for which these figures are available.
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Regional Health Authority 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 Trent 590 687 668 651 644 648 East Anglian 194 202 218 221 218 219 North West Thames 194 194 197 199 196 193 North East Thames 173 175 172 168 149 148 South East Thames 349 346 344 311 317 300 South West Thames (including London Ambulance Service) 1,230 1,270 1,227 1,281 1,179 1,184 Wessex 295 295 302 328 308 297 Oxford 286 282 289 289 285 284 South Western 472 475 479 490 484 480 West Midlands 691 704 749 749 729 713 Mersey 310 302 301 306 338 351 North Western 601 595 614 608 616 568 Source: York Health Authority Financial and Statistical Information.