§ Helen JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what estimate he has made of the amount of officer time spent on negotiating Patient Transport Service contracts in the Mersey Regional Ambulance Service(a) in 1996–97 and (b) in the previous five years; [20110]
(2) what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of negotiating the Patient Transport Service contracts in the Mersey Regional Ambulance Service. [20111]
§ Mr. BoatengNone. This is a matter for the Mersey Regional Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust. I therefore advise my hon. Friend to contact the Chairman of the trust.
§ Helen JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many ambulance staff have been recruited from the Patient Transport Service to the Emergency and Paramedic Service over the past five years(a) in the Mersey region and (b) nationally; [20108]
(2) what proportion of staff currently working in the Patient Transport Service section of the ambulance service are the former emergency and paramedic staff (a) in the Mersey region and (b) nationally. [20109]
§ Mr. BoatengThe information requested is not held centrally. For details of Mersey Regional Ambulance National Health Service Trust, I suggest my hon. Friend contacts the Chairman of the trust for further information.