Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average ambulance response time was for each category in each of the last 24 months.
The following table shows the national mean average ambulance service response times in England, in minutes and broken down by category, in each of the last 24 months:
Year | Month | Category 1 mean | Category 2 mean | Category 3 mean | Category 4 mean |
2022 | November | 0:09:26 | 0:48:10 | 2:42:14 | 3:21:43 |
2022 | December | 0:10:58 | 1:32:55 | 4:18:16 | 4:34:56 |
2023 | January | 0:08:30 | 0:32:06 | 1:26:09 | 1:48:46 |
2023 | February | 0:08:30 | 0:32:20 | 1:42:39 | 2:12:24 |
2023 | March | 0:08:49 | 0:39:33 | 2:13:39 | 2:51:49 |
2023 | April | 0:08:07 | 0:28:33 | 1:30:54 | 1:54:17 |
2023 | May | 0:08:17 | 0:32:22 | 1:46:10 | 2:20:15 |
2023 | June | 0:08:41 | 0:36:47 | 2:05:38 | 2:45:28 |
2023 | July | 0:08:21 | 0:31:49 | 1:50:11 | 2:21:31 |
2023 | August | 0:08:17 | 0:31:30 | 1:45:27 | 2:07:18 |
2023 | September | 0:08:31 | 0:37:39 | 2:16:04 | 2:41:45 |
2023 | October | 0:08:41 | 0:41:43 | 2:31:14 | 2:51:00 |
2023 | November | 0:08:31 | 0:38:30 | 2:16:32 | 2:36:57 |
2023 | December | 0:08:44 | 0:45:57 | 2:37:12 | 2:55:53 |
2024 | January | 0:08:25 | 0:40:06 | 2:12:53 | 2:42:45 |
2024 | February | 0:08:25 | 0:36:20 | 2:04:15 | 2:33:06 |
2024 | March | 0:08:20 | 0:33:50 | 2:03:47 | 2:29:48 |
2024 | April | 0:08:10 | 0:30:22 | 1:42:13 | 2:03:16 |
2024 | May | 0:08:16 | 0:32:44 | 2:00:00 | 2:21:11 |
2024 | June | 0:08:21 | 0:34:38 | 2:02:34 | 2:20:58 |
2024 | July | 0:08:15 | 0:33:25 | 2:01:21 | 2:21:47 |
2024 | August | 0:08:03 | 0:27:25 | 1:30:33 | 1:56:10 |
2024 | September | 0:08:25 | 0:36:02 | 2:12:54 | 2:32:51 |
2024 | October | 0:08:38 | 0:42:15 | 2:41:28 | 2:57:18 |
Source: the data is published by NHS England, and is available at the following link: https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ambulance-quality-indicators/