§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many ambulance staff in each region outside London have been suspended during the period of the current dispute; for what period; and how many have been reinstated.
§ Mr. FreemanThese statistics are not collected centrally and the situation fluctuates on a day by day basis. I advise the hon. Member to make inquiries to the region direct.
§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the number of London ambulance service personnel who have been suspended from duty in the last month; how many received written warnings; and how many have been reinstated.
§ Mr. FreemanThe management of the London ambulance service is the responsibility of the South West Thames regional health authority, to which I refer the hon. Member.
§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what meetings he has had with representatives of ambulance workers in the last month.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeMy hon. Friend the Minister of State for Health met representatives of the Association of Professional Ambulance Personnel on 14 November. The chief executive of the NHS has met national officers of the trade unions represented on the staff side of the ambulance Whitley councils on three occasions in an attempt to find a basis upon which negotiations might be resumed in the Whitley councils.