§ Ms. Harmanasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will state the percentage change for each
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Ambulance Services 1979–1985 Number of Patient Journeys—Emergency Cases (Thousands) 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1979–85 ENGLAND Number 1,579.8 1,787.3 1,788.2 1,895.1 1,814.2 1,890.2 1,963.8 — Per cent. change — 13.1 0.1 6.0 -4.3 4.2 3.9 24.3 Northern Cleveland Number 16.8 37.6 38.6 27.0 24.3 24.6 23.4 — Per cent. change — 123.8 2.7 -30.1 -10.0 1.2 -4.9 39.3 Cumbria Number 9.2 11.6 7.6 6.2 12.4 13.3 13.8 — Per cent. change — 26.1 -34.5 -18.4 100.0 7.3 3.8 50.0 Durham Number 30.5 30.0 29.7 31.2 32.2 34.3 34.5 — Per cent. change — -1.6 -1.0 5.1 3.2 6.5 0.6 13.1 Northumbria Number 75.8 80.6 82.4 84.2 89.5 100.4 104.5 — Per cent. change — 6.3 2.2 2.2 6.3 12.2 4.1 37.9 Yorkshire Humberside Number 33.4 32.7 33.6 34.6 35.0 35.9 37.2 — Per cent. change — -2.1 2.8 3.0 1.2 2.6 3.6 11.4 North Yorkshire Number 15.1 14.2 14.5 14.7 14.5 15.5 16.6 — Per cent. change — -6.0 2.1 1.4 -1.4 6.9 7.1 9.9 West Yorkshire Number 85.9 129.3 95.8 95.7 96.9 100.2 101.2 — Per cent. change — 50.5 -25.9 -0.1 1.3 3.4 1.0 17.8 year between 1979 and 1987 in (a) the number of patient miles for (i) emergency and (ii) non-emergency journeys and (b) the number of patient journeys for (i) emergency and (ii) non-emergency cases for each ambulance service in England;
(2) what has been the overall percentage change between 1979 and 1987 in (a) the number of patient miles for (i) emergency and (ii) non-emergency journeys and (b) the number of patient journeys for (i) emergency and (ii) non-emergency cases;
(3) what has been the overall percentage change for each year between 1979 and 1987 in (a) the number of patient miles for (i) emergency and (ii) non-emergency journeys and (b) the number of patient journeys for (i) emergency and (ii) non-emergency cases;
(4) what was, for each ambulance service in England for each year between 1979 and 1987 (a) the number of patient miles for (i) emergency and (ii) non-emergency journeys, and (b) the number of patient journeys for (i) emergency and (ii) non-emergency cases;
(5) what was the percentage change between 1979 and 1987 in (a) the number of patient miles for (i) emergency and (ii) non-emergency journeys and (b) the number of patient journeys for (i) emergency and (ii) non-emergency cases, for each ambulance service in England.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe available information is given in the tables.
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1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1979–85 Trent Derbyshire Number 23.2 33.9 36.5 37.6 21.5 24.9 26.2 — Per cent. change — 46.1 7.7 3.0 -42.8 15.8 5.2 12.9 Leicestershire Number 17.2 21.5 21.2 22.0 19.4 19.8 20.3 — Per cent. change — 25.0 -1.4 3.8 -11.8 2.1 2.5 18.0 Lincolnshire Number 15.2 11.7 12.2 12.5 12.5 13.3 13.5 — Per cent. change — -23.0 4.3 2.5 0.0 6.4 1.5 -11.2 Nottinghamshire Number 50.7 55.2 57.7 60.4 54.1 39.7 43.6 — Per cent. change — 8.9 4.5 4.7 -10.4 -26.6 9.8 -14.0 South Yorkshire M.A.S. Number 74.8 76.5 79.2 85.1 87.4 90.5 95.3 — Per cent. change — 2.3 3.5 7.4 2.7 3.5 5.3 27.4 East Anglia Cambridgeshire Number 13.7 13.6 15.0 12.7 9.6 12.4 22.7 — Per cent. change — -0.7 10.3 -15.3 -24.4 29.2 83.1 65.7 Norfolk Number 14.0 14.3 14.6 15.1 15.4 17.1 17.6 — Per cent. change — 2.1 2.1 3.4 2.0 11.0 2.9 25.7 Suffolk Number 7.9 7.6 7.8 8.2 8.2 9.0 9.3 — Per cent. change — .3.8 2.6 5.1 0.0 9.8 3.3 17.7 North West Thames Bedfordshire Number 9.9 11.9 12.8 12.1 13.4 14.7 15.5 — Per cent. change — 20.2 7.6 -5.5 10.7 9.7 5.4 56.6 Hertfordshire Number 26.8 23.0 23.8 28.8 24.5 26.2 27.9 — Per cent. change — .14 2 3.5 21.0 -14.9 6.9 6.5 4.1 North East Thames Essex Number 42.2 40.3 42.2 42.3 43.1 46.3 47.8 — Per cent. change — -4.5 4.7 0.2 1.9 7.4 3.2 13.3 South East Thames East Sussex Number 29.7 32.0 34.1 35.5 35.8 37.7 39.9 — Per cent. change — 7.7 6.6 4.1 0.8 5.3 5.8 34.3 Kent Number 30.7 33.8 32.7 33.5 32.4 34.2 38.6 — Per cent. change — 10.1 -3.3 2.4 -3.3 5.6 12.9 25.7 South West Thames Surrey Number 22.0 22.7 23.4 23.3 23.2 24.5 25.6 — Per cent. change — 3.2 3.1 -0.4 -0.4 5.6 4.5 16.4 West Sussex Number 15.9 15.3 15.6 15.8 16.0 16.7 17.1 — Per cent. change — -3.8 2.0 1.3 1.3 4.4 2.4 7.5 London Number 332.8 436.5 440.5 448.0 449.5 461.4 476.6 — Per cent. change — 31.2 0.9 1.7 0.3 2.6 3.3 43.2 Wessex Dorset Number 12.5 15.6 15.4 16.6 17.0 17.8 17.4 — Per cent. change — 24.8 -1.3 7.8 2.4 4.7 -2.2 39.2 Hampshire Number 28.2 28.9 29.8 30.4 30.6 32.8 33.2 — 462W 463W
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1979–85 Per cent. change — 2.5 3.1 2.0 0.7 7.2 1.2 17.7 Wiltshire Number 12.8 10.9 11.3 13.1 12.2 11.9 10.1 — Per cent. change — -14.8 3.7 15.9 -6.9 -2.5 -15.1 -21.1 Isle of Wight Number 2.6 2.7 2.2 2.4 3.0 3.2 3.3 — Per cent. change — 3.8 -18.5 9.1 25.0 6.7 3.1 26.9 Oxford Berkshire Number 13.3 15.4 15.8 15.9 16.2 17.8 18.5 — Per cent. change — 15.8 2.6 0.6 1.9 9.9 3.9 39.1 Buckinghamshire Number 10.6 8.8 8.8 9.4 9.3 10.1 11.4 — Per cent. change — -17.0 0.0 6.8 -1.1 8.6 12.9 7.5 Northamptonshire Number 13.1 13.3 13.3 13.1 12.0 13.8 13.5 — Per cent. change — 1.5 0.0 -1.5 -8.4 15.0 -2.2 3.1 Oxfordshire Number 6.3 8.1 16.6 16.7 16.9 17.8 18.4 — Per cent. change — 28.6 104.9 0.6 1.2 5.3 3.4 192.1 South Western Avon Number 21.6 22.2 22.1 23.3 23.6 25.1 26.7 — Per cent. change — 2.8 -0.5 5.4 1.3 6.4 6.4 23.6 Cornwall/Isles of Stilly Number 12.4 10.8 10.8 11.4 10.7 11.5 11.9 — Per cent. change — -12.9 0.0 5.6 -6.1 7.5 3.5 -4.0 Devon Number 20.6 20.3 22.3 22.4 25.1 26.2 26.8 — Per cent. change — -1.5 9.9 0.4 12.1 4.4 2.3 30.1 Gloucestershire Number 8.8 9.7 9.9 10.9 11.2 12.0 11.9 — Per cent. change — 10.2 2.1 10.1 2.8 7.1 -0.8 35.2 Somerset Number 6.3 6.2 6.4 6.7 6.6 7.3 7.7 — Per cent. change — -1.6 3.2 4.7 -1.5 10.6 5.5 22.2 West Midlands Hereford and Worcester Number 18.3 11.4 11.4 3.6 12.8 14.2 14.5 — Per cent. change — -37.7 0.0 -68.4 255.6 10.9 2.1 -20.8 Shropshire Number 4.6 6. 6.3 3. 7.5 8. 8.4 — Per cent. change — 32.6 3.3 -50.8 141.9 12.0 0.0 82.6 Staffordshire Number 33.8 25.5 26.2 28.0 28.3 29.6 29.9 — Per cent. change — -24.6 2.7 6.9 1.1 4.6 1.0 -11.5 Warwickshire Number 8.6 7.8 7.7 7.7 7.7 8.4 8.8 — Per cent. change — -9.3 -1.3 0.0 0.0 9.1 4.8 2.3 West Midlands Metropolitan Number 76.8 81.9 81.3 167.6 84.2 87.4 89.5 — Per cent. change — 6.6 -0.7 106.2 -49.8 3.8 2.4 16.5 Mersey Cheshire Number 27.4 25.9 26.4 27.1 27.3 28.4 29.5 — Per cent. change — -5.5 1.9 2.7 0.7 4.0 3.9 7.7 Mersey M.C. Number 80.8 89.3 90.8 93.9 94.1 99.3 103.2 — Per cent. change — 10.5 1.7 3.4 0.2 5.5 3.9 27.7 North Western Lancashire Number 53.8 53.4 53.2 54.3 55.0 56.2 56.9 — Per cent. change — -0.7 -0.4 2.1 1.3 2.2 1.2 5.8 Greater Manchester M.A.S. Number 113.1 127.1 128.5 131.0 132.2 138.5 143.4 — Per cent. change — 12.4 1.1 1.9 0.9 4.8 3.5 26.8 464W 465W
Ambulance Services 1979–85 Number of Patient Journeys—Non-Emergency Cases (Thousands) 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1979–85 ENGLAND Number 15,791.7 18,562.6 18,712.5 18,213.4 19,456.9 19,391.5 19,400.4 — Per cent. change — 17.5 0.8 -2.7 6.8 -0.3 0.05 22.9 Northern Cleveland Number 183.1 216.4 214.6 120.6 237.8 239.2 242.0 — Per cent. change — 18.2 -0.8 -43.8 97.2 0.6 1.2 32.2 Cumbria Number 196.5 262.4 179.3 136.2 238.2 248.7 253.0 — Per cent. change — 33.5 -31.7 -24.0 74.9 4.4 1.7 28.8 Durham Number 193.6 245.2 252.1 245.5 272.5 263.8 278.5 — Per cent. change — 26.7 2.8 -2.6 11.0 -3.2 5.6 43.9 Northumbria Number 572.5 712.8 695.4 674.2 703.5 643.6 650.9 — Per cent. change — 24.5 -2.4 -3.0 4.3 -8.5 1.1 13.7 Yorkshire Humberside Number 463.3 482.0 478.8 463.5 484.5 478.5 473.6 — Per cent. change — 4.0 -0.7 -3.2 4.5 -1.2 -1.0 2.2 North Yorkshire Number 214.1 269.7 261.2 243.6 261.8 259.2 255.0 — Per cent. change — 26.0 -3.2 -6.7 7.5 -1.0 -1.6 19.1 West Yorkshire Number 771.1 899.2 916.6 845.0 954.8 951.2 990.0 — Per cent. change — 16.6 1.9 -7.8 13.0 -0.4 4.1 28.4 Trent Derbyshire Number 290.0 326.7 294.9 288.8 320.4 315.9 315.7 — Per cent. change — 12.7 -9.7 -2.1 10.9 -1.4 -0.1 8.9 Leicestershire Number 217.9 251.5 271.3 272.8 295.0 312.8 333.2 — Per cent. change — 15.4 7.9 0.6 8.1 6.0 6.5 52.9 Lincolnshire Number 214.9 274.6 236.8 192.6 213.5 222.9 220.7 — Per cent. change — 27.8 -13.8 —18.7 10.9 4.4 -1.0 2.7 Nottinghamshire Number 294.0 338.3 354.3 357.0 398.7 432.3 405.6 — Per cent. change — 15.1 4.7 0.8 11.7 8.4 -6.2 38.0 South Yorkshire M.A.S. Number 301.1 364.3 404.6 336.4 379.4 366.2 403.6 — Per cent. change — 21.0 11.1 -16.9 12.8 -3.5 10.2 34.0 East Anglia Cambridgeshire Number 200.0 244.1 234.2 240.3 222.1 236.0 247.9 — Per cent. change — 22.0 -4.1 2.6 -7.6 6.3 5.0 24.0 Norfolk Number 251.5 333.5 351.1 374.5 395.8 427.8 417.8 — Per cent. change — 32.6 5.3 6.7 5.7 8.1 -2.3 66.1 Suffolk Number 264.4 289.6 280.5 295.1 302.7 295.1 301.4 — Per cent. change — 9.5 -3.1 5.2 2.6 -2.5 2.1 14.0 North West Thames Bedfordshire Number 113.4 147.6 157.1 147.9 172.2 165.2 165.8 — Per cent. change — 30.2 6.4 -5.9 16.4 -4.1 0.4 46.2 Hertfordshire Number 266.9 304.0 320.0 323.4 266.3 263.5 255.0 — Per cent. change — 13.9 5.3 1.1 -17.7 -1.1 -3.2 -4.5 466W 467W
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1979–85 North East Thames Essex Number 404.7 503.7 481.8 494.2 504.9 501.4 511.5 — Per cent. change — 24.5 -4.3 2.6 2.2 -0.7 2.0 26.4 South East Thames East Sussex Number 366.8 450.9 434.4 430.0 428.5 439.9 425.1 — Per cent. change — 22.9 -3.7 -1.0 -0.3 2.7 -3.4 15.9 Kent Number 504.1 569.0 623.6 627.6 628.2 616.3 551.2 — Per cent. change — 12.9 9.6 0.6 0.1 -1.9 -10.6 9.3 South West Thames Surrey Number 445.7 506.7 510.4 528.3 518.7 492.1 483.6 — Per cent. change — 13.7 0.7 3.5 -1.8 -5.1 -1.7 8.5 West Sussex Number 225.8 277.7 296.9 310.9 336.7 357.4 321.2 — Per cent change — 23.0 6.9 4.7 8.3 6.1 -10.1 42.2 London Number 1,675.7 2,240.1 2,317.2 2,291.6 2,305.0 2,272.3 2,204.1 — Per cent. change — 33.7 3.4 -1.1 0.6 -1.4 -3.0 31.5 Wessex Dorset Number 322.0 321.6 328.0 338.9 363.4 360.5 362.1 — Per cent. change — -0.1 2.0 3.3 7.2 -0.8 0.4 12.5 Hampshire Number 543.7 483.2 517.9 525.0 577.0 604.5 610.1 — Per cent. change — -11.1 7.2 1.4 9.9 4.8 0.9 12.2 Wiltshire Number 232.6 272.7 314.6 295.0 322.7 339.9 377.9 — Per cent. change — 17.2 15.4 -6.2 9.4 5.3 11.2 62.5 Isle of Wight Number 76.8 30.9 28.9 28.2 34.1 37.4 40.4 — Per cent. change — -59.8 -6.5 -2.4 20.9 9.7 8.0 -47.4 Oxford Berkshire Number 175.9 237.9 234.1 237.3 196.7 235.9 235.5 — Per cent. change — 35.2 -1.6 1.4 -17.1 19.9 -0.2 33.9 Buckinghamshire Number 158.9 195.8 192.8 210.8 204.0 198.0 199.9 — Per cent. change — 23.2 -1.5 9.3 -3.2 -2.9 1.0 25.8 Northamptonshire Number 185.2 222.8 221.7 231.3 231.2 224.0 244.5 — Per. cent, change — 20.3 -0.5 4.3 -0.04 -3.1 9.2 32.0 Oxfordshire Number 171.8 224.5 200.1 195.0 210.9 197.5 193.2 — Per cent. change — 30.7 -10.9 -2.5 8.2 -6.4 -2.2 12.5 South Western Avon Number 360.2 410.4 402.0 401.8 412.0 409.0 402.5 — Per cent. change — 13.9 -2.0 -0.05 2.5 -0.7 -1.6 11.7 Cornwall/Isles of Scilly Number 259.0 261.2 264.3 270.8 275.4 269.4 253.3 — Per cent. change — 0.8 1.2 2.5 1.7 -2.2 -6.0 -2.2 Devon Number 511.6 642.6 645.3 637.0 660.1 712.6 736.3 — Per. cent, change — 25.6 0.4 -1.3 3.6 8.0 3.3 43.9 Gloucestershire Number 251.6 287.2 290.6 286.8 314.0 314.5 305.4 — Per cent change — 14.1 1.2 -1.3 9.5 0.2 -2.9 21.4
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1979–85 Somerset Number 132.4 156.8 165.1 167.3 178.7 180.0 177.8 — Per cent. change — 18.4 5.3 1.3 6.8 0.7 -1.2 34.3 West Midlands Hereford and Worcester Number 294.0 323.7 330.6 220.9 334.0 336.8 334.3 — Per cent. change — 10.1 2.1 -33.2 51.2 0.8 -0.7 13.7 Shropshire Number 119.0 171.1 164.4 110.2 147.3 148.5 146.0 — Per cent. change — 43.8 -3.9 -33.0 33.7 0.8 -1.7 22.7 Staffordshire Number 287.9 303.6 304.1 305.4 329.5 316.4 317.2 — Per. cent, change — 5.5 0.2 0.4 7.9 -4.0 0.3 10.2 Warwickshire Number 100.8 120.4 122.4 121.4 131.3 129.6 129.5 — Per cent. change — 19.4 1.7 -0.8 8.2 -1.3 -0.1 28.5 West Midlands Metropolitan Number 813.3 927.7 892.5 825.3 930.3 921.0 931.2 — Per cent. change — 14.1 -3.8 -7.5 12.7 -1.0 1.1 14.5 Mersey Cheshire Number 278.6 352.7 360.5 383.6 429.0 440.7 445.5 — Per cent. change — 26.6 2.2 6.4 11.8 2.7 1.1 59.9 Mersey M.C. Number 369.6 513.3 517.7 528.6 576.4 535.4 569.3 — Per cent. change — 38.9 0.9 2.1 9.0 -7.1 6.3 54.0 North Western Lancashire Number 601.6 593.2 564.1 589.3 624.5 618.1 621.4 — Per cent. change — -1.4 -4.9 4.5 6.0 -1.0 0.5 3.3 Greater Manchester M.A.S. Number 914.4 999.6 1,083.9 1,063.9 1,083.0 1,051.3 1,061.0 — Per cent. change — 9.3 8.4 -1.8 1.8 -2.9 0.9 16.0 468W 469W
Ambulance Services 1979–86 Number of Patient Miles—Emergency Cases (Thousands) 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984–851 1985–861 1979–1986 ENGLAND Number 14,685.4 15,844.9 16,171.3 17,227.8 17,775.9 19,410.7 19,402.2 — Per cent. change — 7.9 2.1 6.5 3.2 9.2 -0.04 32.1 Cleveland Number 184.0 219.3 231.8 237.4 269.6 249.5 215.8 — Per cent. change — 19.2 5.7 2.4 13.6 -7.5 -13.5 17.3 Cumbria Number 161.0 195.5 131.9 107.2 215.7 245.9 239.8 — Per cent. change — 21.4 -32.5 -18.7 101.2 14.0 -2.5 48.9 Durham Number 398.3 379.0 379.6 405.1 416.2 460.3 385.4 — Per cent. change — -4.8 0.2 6.7 2.7 10.6 -16.3 -3.2 Northumbria Number 672.3 661.4 668.9 867.6 936.3 1,102.0 1,165.7 — Per cent. change — -1.6 1.1 29.7 7.9 17.7 5.8 73.4 Yorkshire Humberside Number 277.5 275.2 283.0 296.8 300.5 220.8 317.8 — Per cent. change — -0.8 2.8 4.9 1.2 -26.5 43.9 14.5 470W 471W
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984–851 1985–861 1979–1986 North Yorkshire Number 187.8 176.5 184.6 188.1 181.5 190.5 240.2 — Per cent. change — -6.0 4.6 1.9 -3.5 5.0 26.1 27.9 West Yorkshire Number 688.3 712.0 780.7 777.0 790.3 838.7 852.1 — Per cent. change — 3.4 9.6 -0.5 1.7 6.1 1.6 23.8 Trent Derbyshire Number 163.6 170.5 203.3 221.2 223.8 334.0 335.9 — Per cent. change — 4.2 19.2 8.8 1.2 49.2 0.6 105.3 Leicestershire Number 243.0 296.5 299.1 342.5 333.3 346.8 370.7 — Per cent. change — 22.0 0.9 14.5 -2.7 4.1 6.9 52.6 Lincolnshire Number 301.9 208.3 212.3 211.6 216.8 229.8 239.0 — Per cent. change — -31.0 1.9 -0.3 2.5 6.0 4.0 -20.8 Nottinghamshire Number 498.3 712.3 770.1 822.1 793.9 751.4 763.0 — Per cent. change — 42.9 8.1 6.8 -3.4 -5.4 1.5 53.1 South Yorkshire M.A.S. Number 806.7 814.2 845.3 890.1 926.6 945.1 1,009.1 — Per cent. change — 0.9 3.8 5.3 4.1 2.0 6.8 25.1 East Anglia Cambridgeshire Number 117.7 98.4 108.6 112.0 114.4 114.2 n/a — Per cent. change — -16.4 10.4 3.1 2.1 -0.2 — err Norfolk Number 142.4 156.0 160.2 174.8 256.3 308.6 299.5 — Per cent. change — 9.6 2.7 9.1 46.6 20.4 -2.9 1103 Suffolk Number 108.9 103.0 106.9 114.6 113.9 126.2 133.3 — Per cent. change — -5.4 3.8 7.2 -0.6 10.8 5.6 22.4 North West Thames Bedfordshire Number 186.1 140.6 138.2 132.8 149.7 166.7 178.0 — Per cent. change — -24.4 -1.7 -3.9 12.7 11.4 6.8 -4.4 Hertfordshire Number 255.6 215.7 222.2 231.0 246.4 270.4 293.6 — Per cent. change — -15.6 3.0 4.0 6.7 9.7 8.6 14.9 North East Thames Essex Number 407.3 365.4 381.9 371.0 375.5 407.0 443.0 — Per cent. change — -10.3 4.5 -2.9 1.2 8.4 8.8 8.8 South East Thames East Sussex Number 234.3 209.1 220.1 226.7 227.6 250.3 253.8 — Per cent. change — -10.8 5.3 3.0 0.4 10.0 1.4 8.3 Kent Number 413.8 425.0 432.7 459.0 446.2 489.0 473.6 — Per cent. change — 2.7 1.8 6.1 -2.8 9.6 -3.1 14.5 South West Thames Surrey Number 267.0 292.5 300.2 306.6 361.9 477.9 526.3 — Per cent. change — 9.6 2.6 2.1 18.0 32.1 10.1 97.1 West Sussex Number 218.9 211.9 212.2 218.2 212.1 230.0 232.4 — Per cent. change — -3.2 0.1 2.8 -2.8 8.4 1.0 6.2 472W 473W
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984–851 1985–861 1979–1986 London Number 2,365.5 3,098.3 3,132.1 3,246.4 3,389.7 3,594.6 3,692.5 — Per cent. change — 31.0 1.1 3.6 4.4 6.0 2.7 56.1 Wessex Dorset Number 119.3 136.1 160.6 140.1 142.0 271.1 n/a — Per cent. change — 14.1 18.0 -12.8 1.4 90.9 — err Hampshire Number 279.2 287.6 306.7 314.8 320.0 367.7 368.6 — Per cent. change — 3.0 6.6 2.6 1.7 14.9 0.2 32.0 Wiltshire Number 87.9 146.3 147.8 139.2 132.8 185.7 179.1 — Per cent. change — 66.4 1.0 -5.8 -4.6 39.8 -3.6 103.8 Isle of Wight Number 39.0 39.5 33.1 32.8 41.6 47.6 46.0 — Per cent. change — 1.3 -16.2 -0.9 26.8 14.4 -3.4 17.9 Oxford Berkshire Number 169.9 203.5 215.2 218.3 222.1 239.3 255.6 — Per cent. change — 19.8 5.7 1.4 1.7 7.7 6.8 50.4 Buckinghamshire Number 156.5 123.0 124.9 127.8 129.5 109.2 122.4 — Per cent. change — -21.4 1.5 2.3 1.3 -15.7 12.1 -21.8 Northamptonshire Number 184.5 197.2 192.7 188.8 180.1 201.8 213.4 — Per cent. change — 6.9 -2.3 -2.0 -4.6 12.0 5.7 15.7 Oxfordshire Number 99.1 130.3 204.4 258.3 284.2 169.8 264.1 — Per cent. change — 31.5 56.9 26.4 10.0 -40.3 55.5 166.5 South Western Avon Number 113.4 141.7 140.6 172.3 152.3 137.7 172.5 — Per cent. change — 25.0 -0.8 22.5 -11.6 -9.6 25.3 52.1 Cornwall/Isles of Stilly Number 257.9 175.9 173.5 185.0 172.7 191.6 192.1 — Per cent. change — -31.8 -1.4 6.6 -6.6 10.9 0.3 -25.5 Devon Number 207.9 171.6 — — — 248.6 N/A — Per cent. change — -17.5 — — — — — — Gloucestershire Number N/A 123.1 129.4 154.8 164.0 172.0 171.0 — Per cent. change — — 5.1 19.6 5.9 4.9 -0.6 — Somerset Number 103.4 104.7 106.5 112.6 109.9 130.9 143.5 — Per cent. change — 1.3 1.7 5.7 -2.4 19.1 9.6 38.8 West Midlands Hereford & Worcester Number 172.8 150.2 149.0 47.4 183.5 200.9 200.2 — Per cent. change — -13.1 -0.8 -68.2 287.1 9.5 -0.3 15.9 Shropshire Number 65.2 92.0 126.5 56.7 169.5 204.3 210.2 — Per cent. change — 41.1 37.5 -55.2 198.9 20.5 2.9 222.4 Staffordshire Number 310.9 292.6 303.0 316.8 312.8 349.1 330.6 — Per cent. change — -5.9 3.6 4.6 -1.3 11.6 -5.3 6.3 Warwickshire Number 87.1 76.9 74.1 71.5 72.9 82.9 84.6 — Per cent. change — -11.7 -3.6 -3.5 2.0 13.7 2.1 -2.9
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984–851 1985–861 1979.1986 West Midlands Metropolitan Number 675.1 688.2 682.5 1,121.4 732.1 814.3 821.2 — Per cent. change — 1.9 -0.8 64.3 -34.7 11.2 0.8 21.6 Mersey Cheshire Number 311.3 301.6 311.7 330.7 333.4 362.5 367.6 — Per cent. change — -3.1 3.3 6.1 0.8 8.7 1.4 18.1 Mersey M.C. Number 652.3 731.2 755.7 816.6 878.1 957.8 939.1 — Per cent. change — 12.1 3.4 8.1 7.5 9.1 -2.0 44.0 North Western Lancashire Number 479.1 504.8 508.4 556.2 568.3 581.9 594.9 — Per cent. change — 5.4 0.7 9.4 2.2 2.4 2.2 24.2 Greater Manchester M.A.S. Number 813.3 890.3 919.0 905.9 975.9 1,034.6 1,064.7 — Per cent. change — 9.5 3.2 -1.4 7.7 6.0 2.9 30.9 1 Figures supplied by York health authority, for financial years. 474W 475W
Ambulance Services 1979–1986 Number of Patient Miles—Non-Emergency Cases (Thousands) 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 11984–85 11985–86 1979–86 ENGLAND Number 108,522.3 123,932.9 123,253.8 121,433.6 129,626.8 87,527.4 84,359.3 — Per cent. change — 14.2 -0.5 -1.5 6.7 -32.5 -3.6 -22.3 Northern Cleveland Number 985.5 1,174.9 1,138.0 804.0 1,191.7 1,244.4 1,112.8 — Per cent. change — 19.2 -3.1 -29.3 48.2 4.4 -10.6 12.9 Cumbria Number 1,833.4 2,290.6 1,630.6 1,245.6 2,046.3 1,684.3 1,738.6 — Per cent. change — 24.9 -28.8 -23.6 64.3 -17.7 3.2 -5.2 Durham Number 1,202.4 1,497.0 1,695.4 1,773.5 1,889.3 1,578.2 1,623.6 — Per cent. change — 24.5 13.3 4.6 6.5 -16.5 2.9 35.0 Northumbria Number 3,454.5 3,886.3 3,823.7 3,583.1 3,671.6 2,982.7 2,858.0 — Per cent. change — 12.5 -1.6 -6.3 2.5 -18.8 -4.2 -17.3 Yorkshire Humberside Number 2,915.6 3,023.1 2,950.8 2,938.2 3,041.4 2,804.7 2,720.4 — Per cent. change — 3.7 -2.4 -0.4 3.5 -7.8 -3.0 -6.7 North Yorkshire Number 1,570.9 1,768.1 1,775.1 1,736.3 1,856.9 1,679.4 1,414.1 — Per cent change — 12.6 0.4 -2.2 6.9 -9.6 -15.8 -10.0 West Yorkshire Number 4,377.5 5,238.1 5,058.0 4,742.4 5,226.0 4,542.2 4,526.0 — Per cent. change — 19.7 -3.4 -6.2 10.2 -13.1 -0.4 3.4 Trent Derbyshire Number 1,992.6 2,206.1 2,060.4 2,083.0 2,193.9 2,127.1 2,472.2 — Per cent. change — 10.7 -6.6 1.1 5.3 -3.0 16.2 24.1 Leicestershire Number 1,436.3 1,796.9 1,837.4 1,871.8 2,117.7 2,271.1 2,344.0 — Per cent. change — 25.1 2.3 1.9 13.1 7.2 3.2 63.2 Lincolnshire Number 2,130.6 2,633.0 2,323.5 1,983.6 2,134.7 1,479.5 1,391.5 — Per cent. change — 23.6 -11.8 -14.6 7.6 -30.7 -5.9 -34.7 476W 477W
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 11984–85 11985–86 1979–86 Nottinghamshire Number 1,668.6 2,041.1 2,043.1 2,051.8 2,449.5 2,663.7 1,647.6 — Per cent. change — 22.3 0.1 0.4 19.4 8.7 -38.1 -1.3 South Yorkshire M.A.S. Number 1,570.2 1,798.6 1,690.1 1,694.2 1,884.0 1,599.3 2,009.2 — Per cent. change — 14.5 -6.0 0.2 11.2 -15.1 25.6 28.0 East Anglia Cambridgeshire Number 2,070.2 2,509.7 2,154.2 2,128.9 2,283.7 911.6 1,055.4 — Per cent. change — 21.2 -14.2 -1.2 7.3 -60.1 15.8 -49.0 Norfolk Number 2,818.1 3,951.0 4,043.0 4,311.1 4,566.2 1,827.6 1,633.1 — Per cent. change — 40.2 2.3 6.6 5.9 -60.0 -10.6 -42.0 Suffolk Number 2,672.8 2,896.6 2,660.8 2,640.4 2,684.6 1,107.8 1,223.3 — Per cent. change — 8.4 -8.1 -0.8 1.7 -58.7 10.4 -54.2 North West Thames Bedfordshire Number 1,059.8 1,184.9 1,288.5 1,253.8 1,346.6 904.7 895.8 — Per cent. change — 11.8 8.7 -2.7 7.4 -32.8 -1.0 -15.5 Hertfordshire Number 2,177.9 2,287.9 2,353.9 2,331.8 1,945.1 1,561.5 1,451.5 — Per cent. change — 5.1 2.9 -0.9 -16.6 -19.7 -7.0 -33.4 North East Thames Essex Number 3,992.5 4,607.4 4,427.5 4,434.9 4,631.4 2,780.6 3,237.1 — Per cent. change — 15.4 -3.9 0.2 4.4 -40.0 16.4 -18.9 South East Thames East Sussex Number 2,724.8 3,104.3 3,029.4 3,013.2 3,024.2 1,214.8 1,200.3 — Per cent. change — 13.9 -2.4 -0.5 0.4 -59.8 -1.2 -55.9 Kent Number 3,780.7 3,825.1 4,292.6 4,413.5 4,338.4 3,082.0 2,157.1 — Per cent. change — 1.2 12.2 2.8 -1.7 -29.0 -30.0 -42.9 South West Thames Surrey Number 3,520.8 3,805.1 3,788.7 3,764.8 3,972.2 1,939.7 1,920.8 — Per cent. change — 8.1 -0.4 -0.6 5.5 -51.2 -1.0 -45.4 West Sussex Number 2,151.1 2,548.7 2,671.5 2,747.7 2,905.1 955.3 1,022.1 — Per cent. change — 18.5 4.8 2.9 5.7 -67.1 7.0 -52.5 London Number 7,163.8 9,486.7 9,997.3 9,785.0 9,805.0 8,065.0 7,472.6 — Per cent. change — 32.4 5.4 -2.1 0.2 -17.7 -7.3 4.3 Wessex Dorset Number 2,911.4 2,943.3 2,890.0 3,111.8 3,313.4 968.3 1,225.6 — Per cent. change — 1.1 -1.8 7.7 6.5 -70.8 26.6 -57.9 Hampshire Number 4,380.2 4,106.6 4,149.0 4,247.2 4,488.6 2,185.2 2,174.1 — Per cent. change — -6.2 1.0 2.4 5.7 -51.3 -0.5 -50.4 Wiltshire Number 2,109.8 2,353.2 2,512.7 2,223.3 2,829.7 901.5 807.5 — Per cent. change — 11.5 6.8 -11.5 27.3 -68.1 -10.4 -61.7 Isle of Wight Number 568.3 244.3 239.6 238.4 295.2 204.5 171.8 — Per cent. change — -57.0 -1.9 -0.5 23.8 -30.7 -16.0 -69.8 478W479W
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 11984–85 11985–86 1979–86 Oxford Berkshire Number 1,516.8 1,901.2 1,837.0 1,947.9 2,000.6 1,221.2 1,212.4 — Per cent. change — 25.3 -3.4 6.0 2.7 -39.0 -0.7 -20.1 Buckinghamshire Number 1,361.9 1,510.2 1,554.7 1,677.0 1,706.1 1,180.1 1,212.0 — Per cent. change — 10.9 2.9 7.9 1.7 -30.8 2.7 -11.0 Northamptonshire Number 1,084.3 1,202.5 1,239.4 1,267.5 1,303.0 1,242.9 1,237.3 — Per cent. change — 10.9 3.1 2.3 2.8 -4.6 -0.5 14.1 Oxfordshire Number 1,323.6 1,674.0 1,511.7 1,455.4 1,540.5 824.4 605.9 — Per cent. change — 26.5 -9.7 -3.7 5.8 -46.5 -26.5 -54.2 South Western Avon Number 2,273.1 2,376.4 2,318.2 2,377.9 2,447.0 1,984.7 1,812.2 — Per cent. change — 4.5 -2.4 2.6 2.9 -18.9 -8.7 -20.3 Cornwall/Isles of Scilly Number 3,456.8 3,243.6 3,322.6 3,509.8 3,583.7 1,348.9 1,353.5 — Per cent. change — -6.2 2.4 5.6 2.1 -62.4 0.3 -60.8 Devon Number 4,215.9 4,940.6 5,197.4 5,086.5 5,240.4 1,823.3 2,040.0 — Per cent. change — 17.2 5.2 -2.1 3.0 -65.2 11.9 -51.6 Gloucestershire Number 910.3 2,127.7 2,074.6 2,065.2 2,111.2 1,292.9 1,310.9 — Per cent. change — 133.7 -2.5 -0.5 2.2 -38.8 1.4 44.0 Somerset Number 1,353.7 1,539.2 1,589.0 1,666.1 1,777.3 935.0 596.0 — Per cent. change — 13.7 3.2 4.9 6.7 -47.4 -36.3 -56.0 West Midlands Hereford and Worcester Number 2,597.6 2,694.8 2,692.2 2,079.1 2,625.5 1,149.6 945.5 — Per cent. change — 3.7 -0.1 -22.8 26.3 -56.2 -17.8 -63.6 Shropshire Number 1,263.4 1,645.0 1,565.6 1,447.4 1,478.7 1,058.0 664.9 — Per cent. change — 30.2 -4.8 -7.5 2.2 -28.5 -37.2 -47.4 Staffordshire Number 1,642.8 1,877.1 1,853.5 1,892.9 2,081.2 1,905.3 1,687.1 — Per cent. change — 14.3 -1.3 2.1 9.9 -8.5 -11.5 2.7 Warwickshire Number 798.5 874.8 872.0 890.5 959.0 847.0 852.1 — Per cent. change — 9.6 -0.3 2.1 7.7 -11.7 0.6 6.7 West Midlands Metropolitan Number 4,457.7 4,646.7 4,526.8 4,102.6 4,472.5 3,622.1 3,877.8 — Per cent. change — 4.2 -2.6 -9.4 9.0 -19.0 7.1 -13.0 Mersey Cheshire Number 1,876.2 2,234.0 2,215.3 2,307.8 2,829.7 2,381.3 2,372.7 — Per cent. change — 19.1 -0.8 4.2 22.6 -15.8 -0.4 26.5 Mersey Metropolitan Council Number 1,739.7 2,248.6 2,309.7 2,354.7 2,827.9 2,424.2 2,521.2 — Per cent. change — 29.3 2.7 1.9 20.1 -14.3 4.0 44.9 North Western Lancashire Number 3,316.1 3,231.5 3,097.2 3,257.5 3,441.9 2,640.2 2,457.2 — Per cent. change — -2.6 -4.2 5.2 5.7 -23.3 -6.9 -25.9 Greater Manchester M.A.S. Number 4,093.5 4,756.3 4,952.3 4,894.9 5,068.3 4,379.5 4,094.5 — Per cent. change — 16.2 4.1 -1.2 3.5 -13.6 -6.5 0.02 1 Figures supplied by York health authority for financial years.
§ Ms. Harmanasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the average response time for ambulances answering emergency calls for each ambulance authority in the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mrs. CurrieRegional and district health authorities are responsible for the day-to-day operational management and monitoring of National Health Service ambulance services, and I regret that the information requested is not available centrally.