§ Chris GraylingTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) emergency journeys and (b) emergency calls there were in each year from 1995–96 to 2001–02. [127715]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonInformation on the number of emergency journeys and emergency calls for ambulance trusts in England are contained in the Department of Health Statistical Bulletins, "Ambulance Services, England".
Copies of the bulletins are available in the Library and on the Department's website at www.doh.gov.uk/public/sb0313.htm (covering the period 1997–98 to 2002–03) and www.doh.gov.uk/pub/docs/doh/amb9899.pdf (covering the period 1994–95 to 1998–99).
§ Chris GraylingTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average response times for emergency calls were in each health authority in each year from 1995–96 to 2001–02. [127717]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonInformation on average response times in each health authority is not collected centrally.
The Department collects information on the proportion of emergency calls resulting in an ambulance arriving at the scene of the reported incident within the Government's 185W target response times for all ambulance trusts in England. These are contained in the Department of Health Statistical Bulletins, "Ambulance Services, England".
Copies of the bulletins are available in the Library and also on the Department's website at www.doh.gov.uk/public/sb0313.htm (covering the period 1997–98 to 2002–03) and www.doh.gov.uk/pub/docs/doh/amb9899. pdf (covering the period 1994–95 to 1998–99).
The information relating to Wales and Scotland is a matter for the devolved Administrations.
While the institutions in Northern Ireland are dissolved, responsibility rests with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Office.
§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) front line ambulances, (b) patient transport vehicles, (c) fast response cars, (d) medical motorbikes and (e) special care baby units (i) serve and (ii) served Essex in May 1997. [127467]
§ Dr. LadymanThe information requested is not held centrally.
§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many 999 calls were made to the Essex Ambulance Service in the last 12 months for which figures are available for which it was decided an ambulance was not necessary; and what proportion of calls over this period such calls represented. [127469]
§ Dr. LadymanI am advised by Essex Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust that it answered 141,775 999 calls in the period 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003.
I understand that these calls resulted in the trust responding to 124,063 incidents. Of these incidents, 1,364 were cancelled before the ambulance arrived due to hoax calls. The remaining 122,699 incidents resulted in 107,343 patients being taken to hospital. This results in 16,720 incidents where an ambulance was not required, which equates to 13.47 per cent.
§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) front line ambulances, (b) patient transport vehicles, (c) fast response cars, (d) medical motorbikes and (e) special care baby units serve Greater London. [127478]
§ Mr. HuttonThis information is not held centrally. Information from the London Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust is shown in the table.
Vehicles and units serving Greater London Front line ambulances 395 Patient transport vehicles1 252 Fast response cars (RRUs) 59 Medical motorbikes (MRUs) 11 Special care baby units (SCBUs) 8 1 Made up of six generic types of vehicles