Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many instances of ambulances queuing were reported at Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley and South Ribble District General Hospital in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.

Since November 2010 there have been no reported incidents of ambulances queuing at the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Data is collected only during the winter when the Winter Daily Sitrep data collection takes place. Winter Daily Sitrep data collections can be found at:

www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/winter-daily-sitreps/