A question on #AmbulanceServices #PrivateSector tabled by Andrew Rosindell on 28-03-2025 has been answered by Karin Smyth.

Heading: Ambulance Services: Private Sector
Question ID: 1790103
UIN: 42214
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-28
Asking Member ID: 1447
Asking Member display name: Andrew Rosindell
Asking Member handle: AndrewRosindell
Asking Member Twitter reference: @AndrewRosindell
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to decrease reliance on private emergency ambulance service companies.
Is named day: false
Date of holding answer:
Date answered: 2025-04-04
Date answer corrected:
Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4444
Answering Member display name: Karin Smyth
Answering Member handle: karinsmyth
Answering Member Twitter reference: @karinsmyth
Correcting Member ID:
Correcting Member display name:
Correcting Member handle:
Correcting Member Twitter reference:
Answer text: 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...
Original answer text:
Comparable answer text:
Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
Tweeted: true