§ Mrs. Clwydasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the average waiting time for an ambulance responding to an emergency call in (a) rural areas and (b) urban areas; what arrangements exist for monitoring response times; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. GristThe information is not available in the precise form requested. The following table, however, gives details of the response time in minutes for 50 per cent. and 95 per cent. of calls respectively for each district health authority in 1986.
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50 per cent, of calls were responded to within (minutes) 95 per cent, of calls were responded to within (minutes) Clwyd 6 17 East Dyfed 8 24 Pembrokeshire 9 26 Gwent 6 15 Gwynedd 7 20 Mid Glamorgan 10 22 Powys 11 27 South Glamorgan 7 14 West Glamorgan 7 19