Cornwall Air Ambulance

HC Deb 20 November 1990 vol 181 cc94-5W

28. Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a decision on funding of the Cornwall air ambulance.

Mr. Dorrell

We are funding an independent evaluation of air ambulance services, costing £250,000, and will take a decision on the funding of the services themselves in the light of that evaluation.

I have written to the hon. Member and to other hon. Members from Cornwall to explain why there will be no central contribution to the funding of the Cornwall air ambulance service until we have that evaluation.