HC Deb 10 March 2000 vol 345 cc864-5W
Mr. Norman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what standard his Department sets as the maximum acceptable travel time for an ambulance to reach the nearest accident and emergency department. [113264]

Ms Stuart

There are no standards set for travel time from incident to accident and emergency department. All ambulance services will be required to meet the response time targets set out in Health Service Circular 1999/091 "Modernisation of Ambulance Services" in 2001.