§ Mr. MooreTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many ambulances and similar vehicles operated in each of the Scottish Ambulance Service NHS Trust's 10 regional divisions are(a) under one year old, (b) between one and three years old, (c) between three and five years old, (d) between five and seven years old and (e) over seven years old. [52540]
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§ Mr. DewarThe information is set out in the table.
Number of vehicles at 31 March 1998 by age band Ambulance Division (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) Total Argyll and Clyde 19 27 36 21 29 132 Ayrshire and Arran 4 27 23 15 16 85 Dumfries and Galloway 1 11 22 12 7 53 Greater Glasgow 27 56 32 12 19 146 Fife 11 18 12 17 13 71 Lothian, Borders 27 34 28 44 25 158 Forth Valley, Lanarkshire 23 29 28 5 40 125 Grampian, Orkney, Shetland 13 31 31 31 12 118 Highland, Western Isles 9 27 30 22 10 98 Tayside 10 21 19 28 15 93 Total 144 281 261 207 186 1,079 Scotland AEU1 71 130 135 109 7 452 PTV2 47 94 84 86 154 465 Support3 26 57 42 12 25 162 1 Accident and Emergency Units 2 Patient Transport Vehicles 3 Mobile Ambulance Control Units, Emergency Support Units, Response Units, Motorcycles, District Ambulance Officers' Cars and Workshop Vehicles