§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 12 June,Official Report, column 89 in which two ambulance services the evaluation was commissioned; and how much is being spent on it. [35453]
§ Mr. HoramThe evaluation was conducted on Derbyshire Ambulance Service NHS trust and Essex Ambulance Service NHS trust.
The cost of the research was £52,462.
§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many health service commissioners have market tested the provision of ambulance services; and with what results. [35580]
§ Mr. HoramSouth Staffordshire Health Authority has market tested ambulance services for a part of its area which bordered on Greater Birmingham. The contract was retained by the West Midlands ambulance service.