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Written question asked by Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 15 July 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 19 July 2005. It was answered by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Monday, 12 September 2005 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Ambulance Services

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average response time to an emergency call to the Ambulance Service was in Sheffield, Hallam in each year since 1997.
Answer

This information is not collected centrally in the format requested. Data on response times for South Yorkshire Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust, which covers the Sheffield area, is shown in the tables.Further information can be found in the statistical bulletin, ““Ambulance services, England: 2004–05””, which is available in the Library and on the Department's website at www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/11/36/041167.pdf.

South Yorkshire
Percentage of category A calls responded to within eight minutes
1997–98 n/a
1998–99 n/a
1999–2000 n/a
2000–01 58.8
2001–02 77.2
2002–03 75.3
2003–04 71.8
2004–05 72.5
Percentage of category A calls responded to within 14 to 19 minutes
1997–98 n/a
1998–99 n/a
1999–2000 n/a
2000–01 93.2
2001–02 97.4
2002–03 97.9
2003–04 94.1
2004–05 95.3
Percentage of Category B and C calls responded to within 14 to 19 minutes
1997–98 n/a
1998–99 n/a
1999–2000 n/a
2000–01 93.0
2001–02 95.4
2002–03 92.2
2003–04 81.0
2004–05 88.3
Percentage of urgent journeys with arrival time not more than 15 minutes late
1997–98 93.8
1998–99 81.7
1999–2000 79.3
2000–01 80.5
2001–02 79.2
2002–03 69.5
2003–04 67.1
2004–05 78.6
(74) Call prioritisation introduced April 2000.
(75) Data for category B calls for the period October 2004 to March 2005.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
13779; 436 c2642-3W;436 c2669-70W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Ambulance services Sheffield