§ Mr. Alan DuncanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health on how many occasions the response time to category A calls to the East Midlands Ambulance Trust took(a) over 30 minutes and (b) over one hour, in 613W (i) the county of Rutland and (ii) the Melton borough council area, in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [83012]
§ Mr. Lammy[holding answer 28 November 2002]Information about ambulance emergency response times to Category A calls is not available specifically for the county of Rutland or the Melton borough council. The latest information available about the proportion of emergency calls resulting in an ambulance arriving at the scene of the reported incident within the Government's target response times for the East Midlands Ambulance National Health Service Trust, and all other ambulance trusts, is contained in the Department of Health Statistical Bulletin "Ambulance Services, England 2001–02". A copy of the bulletin is available in the Library and available at www.doh.gov.uk/public/sb0213.htm.