HC Deb 20 February 1995 vol 255 c61W
Dr. Godman

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the average time taken for the ambulance service to respond to an emergency 999 call in(a) Inverclyde, (b) Strathclye and (c) elsewhere in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The average response times for the period April to December 1994—the latest information available—were(a) eight minutes, (b) eight minutes, 12 seconds and (c) seven minutes, 15 seconds respectively.

These average response times are within the national targets of 95 per cent. of calls responded to within 14 minutes. These have been achieved against a 4 per cent. increase in the number of emergency calls last year.