HC Deb 25 April 1996 vol 276 cc284-6W
Mrs. Ann Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the average number of call-outs per week since the beginning of 1996 for ambulances operating out of each of the ambulance stations in Kirklees and Wakefield; and what was the average response time of these call-outs. [26761]

Mr. Horam

West Yorkshire Metropolitan ambulance service national health service trust has consistently met and exceeded that national patients charter standard for ambulance response times. Figures for 1994–95 are set out in the NHS performance guide, copies of which are in the Library. The hon. Member may wish to contact Mr. Alan Titterington, chairman of the trust, for further details.