Written questions

Ambulance Services: Private Sector

Commons · Question 42215 · Tabled 28 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 4 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his department has spent on private emergency ambulance service companies in each of the last three years for which figures are available.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 4 Apr 2025

The information requested is not held. Decisions on the use of private ambulance companies to increase capacity are taken at a local level by the relevant ambulance trust.At a national level, the Government and NHS England are committed to improving ambul...