HC Deb 06 February 1989 vol 146 cc492-3W
Mrs. Ann Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list, for each ambulance service covering the Yorkshire and northern regions, and for each year since 1979, the number of miles covered by(a) emergency services, (b) non-emergency services, (c) minicabs and (d) volunteer drivers.

Mr. Freeman

The available information is given in the table.

1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984/85 1985/86 1986/87
Non-emergency cases 1,239.8 1,572.7 1,065.2 865.2 1,739.0 1,684.3 1,738.6 1,555.0
Hospital car service cases 593.6 718.0 565.4 380.4 307.4 412.5 492.0 713.0
Durham
Emergency cases 398.3 379.0 379.6 405.1 416.2 460.3 385.4 386.4
Non-emergency cases 1,202.5 1,497.0 1,695.3 1,773.5 1,889.3 1,924.6 2,099.6 2,036.1
Hospital car service cases — — — — — — — —
Northumbria Metropolitan
Emergency cases 672.3 661.4 668.9 867.6 936.3 1,102.0 1,165.7 1,038.2
Non-emergency cases 3,335.9 3,785.2 3,746.5 3,499.3 3,552.1 3,311.2 3,113.5 3,380.3
Hospital car service cases 118.6 101.0 77.2 83.8 119.4 215.2 439.5 341.5
Yorkshire RHA
Humberside
Emergency cases 277.5 275.2 283.0 296.8 300.5 220.8 317.8 314.6
Non emergency cases 2,615.0 2,728.2 2,701.8 2,692.2 2,836.6 2,891.2 2,759.9 2,630.7
Hospital car service cases 300.6 294.9 249.0 246.1 204.8 313.6 309.6 340.9
North Yorkshire
Emergency cases 187.8 176.5 184.6 188.1 181.5 190.5 240.2 333.6
Non-emergency cases 1,547.1 1,716.7 1,726.4 1,671.7 1,722.9 1,699.7 1,754.4 1,679.1
Hospital car service cases 23.8 51.4 48.7 64.6 134.0 185.2 262.9 193.4
West Yorkshire Metropolitan
Emergency cases 688.3 712.0 780.7 777.0 790.3 838.7 852.1 936.3
Non-emergency cases 3,812.8 4,547.1 4,487.8 4,093.1 4,442.1 4,587.3 4,551.0 4,677.4
Hospital car service cases 564.7 691.0 570.2 649.3 783.9 716.8 1,096.0 1,465.4

Source:

  • 1979–83 DH.
  • 1984–85 to 1986–87 York health authority.

Notes:

  1. 1. Figures for non-emergency cases do not include hospital car service cases.
  2. 2. The 1986–87 data for emergency cases in Humberside authority includes some urgent cases.

Mrs. Ann Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many emergency-equipped ambulances were available on 30 September 1988 at 6 pm; and what was the equivalent for each year since 1983.

Mr. Freeman

The information is not centrally available.