§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list for each of the last three years and for each NHS region the average number of 999 calls placed to the ambulance service in each month from December to March. [141003]
§ Ms StuartThe information requested is not available on a monthly basis. Information about the number of 999 calls to National Health Service ambulance trusts in each NHS region for each of the last three years is contained in the Department of Health Statistical Bulletin "Ambulance Services, England 1999–2000". A copy is in the Library and available on the website www.doh.gov.uk/public/sb0014.htm.