§ Mr. McCartneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the percentage of ambulances in each service in Wales that responded within(a) eight minutes and (b) 14 to 20 minutes to emergency calls in 1991–92.
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§ Mr. Gwilym JonesThe ambulance service classifications in Wales and their standard response times are:
50 per cent. minutes 95 per cent. minutes Urban areas 7 14 Rural areas 8 18 Sparsely populated areas 8 21 The information for 1991–92 is shown in the following table:
Percentage arriving within 7 minutes 14 minutes Urban South Glamorgan 42 84 8 minutes 18 minutes Rural Clwyd 60 97 Gwent 52 93 Mid Glamorgan 53 96 West Glamorgan 61 96 8 minutes 21 minutes Sparsely populated East Dyfed 55 94 Gwynedd 55 94 Pembrokeshire 36 84 Powys 44 83
§ Mr. McCartneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the number of ambulance staff in Wales employed by the NHS in the years 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1991, using whole time equivalents.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesThe information, which relates to ambulancemen/women, ambulance officers and control assistants employed by the NHS as at 30 September each year, is shown in the following table:
Ambulance staff (whole-time equivalents) Number 1987 1,589 1988 1,566 1989 1,579 1990 1,548 1991 1,564