§ Mr. ToddTo ask the Secretary of State for Health further to his answer of 28 February 2000,Official Report, column 76W, on the East Midlands Ambulance Service, when improved control technology for the East Midlands Ambulance Service Trust will be implemented; and how long the process of approval for the project has taken since first submission by the trust. [127011]
§ Ms StuartThe National Health Service Executive has been working with the East Midlands Ambulance Service Trust since March 1999 on the process to approve the business case for the procurement of improved control technology. In order that the approval process can move forward as quickly as possible, the trust is currently working to address the concerns which have been highlighted in their latest business case submission. Approval will be granted only if these concerns are met.
439WIf the scheme is commissioned, the trust's project plan suggests that the phased integrated implementation of the new technology will be achieved in around seven months for Leicestershire and eight and a half months for Derbyshire.