Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Type (a) 1, (b) 2 and (c) 3 accident and emergency units there were in each English region in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2015-16.

This information is not available in the format requested.

Activity at accident and emergency (A&E) departments is reported at provider level to NHS England and this can often include more than one site and more than one type of A&E department. All reported activity is provided in the time series data, available from August 2010 and can be accessed 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/

In the latest reported month, November 2016, a total of 231 individual providers reported A&E attendances in one or more types of department. Of these 231 providers: 138 providers reported Type 1 activity in November 2016 in one or more sites, 32 providers reported Type 2 activity in November 2016 in one or more sites and 171 providers reported Type 3 activity in November 2016 in one or more sites. 93 providers reported more than one type of activity.