§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list, for each year since 1979, the total number of ambulance vehicles, staff and costs, at 1989 prices by region.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThe information requested is shown in the tables:
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Region 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 South Western 472 479 479 490 484 480 447 457 438 West Midlands 691 704 749 749 728 713 690 713 702 Mersey 310 302 302 306 338 351 387 393 393 North Western 601 595 614 608 616 568 534 532 556 Total 6,542 6,670 6,717 6,807 6,605 6,491 6,440 6,459 6,482 Notes: 1 The total number of vehicles used to transport patients. 2 The figures for the south west Thames region include those for the London ambulance service.
National Health Service Ambulance Staff in post by region At 30 September each year whole-time equivalent Region 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 England 17,129 17,768 18,221 18,324 18,397 18,103 18,188 18,966 19,010 18,761 Northern 1,415 1,446 1,473 1,474 1,482 1,424 1,396 1,401 1,390 1,357 Yorkshire 1,404 1,548 1,606 1,622 1,630 1,604 1,596 1,640 1,666 1,573 Trent 1,780 1,798 1,842 1,890 1,904 1,905 1,934 1,968 1,979 1,961 East Anglia 581 597 599 626 638 646 675 770 772 773 North West Thames 475 465 492 484 467 456 456 488 541 525 North East Thames 510 534 566 584 565 537 542 591 593 594 South East Thames 870 908 938 942 943 950 949 957 951 920 South West Thames 592 641 638 637 633 596 629 667 663 675 Wessex 906 907 947 954 943 952 946 990 978 952 Oxford 727 730 753 762 750 750 757 815 837 835 South Western 1,375 1,401 1,408 1,424 1,438 1,430 1,441 1,470 1,482 1,455 West Midlands 1,764 1,809 1,873 1,849 1,889 1,849 1,880 1,936 1,914 1,917 Mersey 799 826 852 870 894 910 893 947 955 932 North Western 1,605 1,653 1,649 1,688 1,703 1,584 1,605 1,668 1,701 1,687 London Ambulance Service 2,325 2,506 2,587 2,519 2,518 2,505 2,491 2,659 2,587 2,605 Source: Department of Health (SM13) Annual Census of National Health Service non-Medical manpower.
Note: All figures are independently rounded to nearest whole-time equivalent.
Total revenue expenditure on ambulance services (at 1988–89 prices) £'000s Regions 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–891 Northern 23,226 24,625 24,527 24,141 23,503 22,857 22,661 23,297 22,820 22,207 Yorkshire 23,015 24,920 25,036 24,515 25,129 24,883 24,964 25,921 25,651 24,687 Trent 28,119 29,958 29,388 29,311 29,175 29,409 29,074 30,958 30,957 30,009 East Anglian 11,673 12,324 12,328 12,207 12,761 12,632 12,614 13,562 13,370 13,073 North West Thames 19,779 21,725 22,126 21,282 20,381 20,110 20,334 22,389 8,759 8,696 North East Thames 21,583 23,616 24,020 23,265 22,717 22,072 22,303 24,643 9,389 9,149 South East Thames 23,792 25,759 25,852 25,409 25,066 24,336 24,039 25,916 15,673 15,252 South West Thames 17,976 19,603 19,813 19,301 18,866 18,495 18,453 19,816 58,143 57,622 Wessex 16,095 16,944 17,019 17,035 17,363 17,476 17,439 18,384 18,025 16,975 Oxford 12,960 13,225 13,176 12,973 12,669 12,411 12,183 13,402 13,507 13,462 South Western 22,524 23,162 22,857 22,813 22,962 22,821 22,539 24,989 25,049 24,150 West Midlands 29,746 30,973 30,608 29,979 29,668 30,106 29,696 31,684 32,052 30,886 Mersey 12,857 14,115 14,207 13,824 13,773 13,930 13,846 15,122 15,095 14,619 North Western 26,307 28,185 27,489 27,235 27,571 26,416 26,153 27,259 26,700 25,439 ENGLAND TOTAL 289,651 309,134 308,445 303,290 301,606 297,951 296,298 317,344 315,189 306,283 1 1988–89-Provisional cash figures (as yet subject to audit). Sources: Annual accounts of regional and district health authorities in England (those of their predecessor authorities for the years prior to 1982–83).
Notes to the table:
1. The figures have been expressed at 1988–89 prices by the use of the Gross Domestic Product Deflator.
2. From 1987–88 the South West Thames regional health authority accounts for the expenditure of the London Ambulance Service. In earlier years the costs were shared by the four Thames regional health authorities.