Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of accident and emergency departments met the four-hour standard in (a) Essex, (b) The East of England and (c) England in 2017.

Information on the percentage of accident and emergency (A&E) departments which met the four hour standard in Essex and the East of England is not available in the format requested.

NHS England collects and publishes performance data against the four-hour A&E standard at both a trust and a national level. The data is not available by the requested areas.

Data covering A&E departments in England for the 2016/17 financial year is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/statistical-work-areasae-waiting-times-and-activityae-attendances-and-emergency-admissions-2016-17/