Mentions:
1: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) Zero-emission special purpose vehicles such as ambulances, armoured vehicles and wheelchair accessible - Speech Link
2: Baroness Randerson (LD - Life peer) There are also, of course, strong health reasons to support this legislation, because air pollution in - Speech Link
Asked by: Elliot Colburn (Conservative - Carshalton and Wallington)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to reply to the correspondence dated 16 January 2023 from the Rt Hon Member for Chingford and Woodford Green and others on the fundraising appeal by London’s Air Ambulance; and whether he has held discussions with representatives of that charity on its fundraising appeal since 16 January 2023.
Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
My Rt Hon Friend the Health secretary has responded to the letter on behalf of the Government commending the fantastic service provided by London Air Ambulance and setting out the benefits of the current charitable funding model for air ambulances which was supported by an additional £10m of central government funding in 2019 and a further £6m during the pandemic.
Mentions:
1: Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top (LAB - Life peer) There was very much a risk-aversion approach, such as 111 services escalating calls to ambulances when - Speech Link
2: Baroness Morris of Yardley (LAB - Life peer) I know that some of the figures on waiting times for ambulances have got better. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GRN - Life peer) will need the emergency care that is now so stretched—meaning everything from mouldy, cold homes to air - Speech Link
4: Baroness Merron (LAB - Life peer) Similarly, the same question applies to the ambition of ambulances getting to patients quicker. - Speech Link
5: Lord Markham (CON - Life peer) We are putting more resources into 999, and we are investing in 800 new ambulances. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Eagle, Tim (Con - Highlands and Islands) wherever I rove,
The hills of the Highlands for ever I love.”The Highland and Islands provide fresh air - Speech Link
2: Halcro Johnston, Jamie (Con - Highlands and Islands) members in the chamber tonight supported—and I have also led debates on the A9, the state of our roads, ambulances - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Dunbar, Jackie (SNP - Aberdeen Donside) Conversely, we know that poverty and poor air quality shorten lives, but would we see those listed on - Speech Link
2: Sweeney, Paul (Lab - Glasgow) I was quite struck by Elena Whitham’s talk about ambulances. I have seen that in my casework. - Speech Link
3: White, Tess (Con - North East Scotland) Ambulances are stuck outside A and E departments—especially at Aberdeen royal infirmary in my region—for - Speech Link
Asked by: Rushanara Ali (Labour - Bethnal Green and Bow)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to provide funding to London’s Air Ambulance Charity to help it maintain air ambulance provision.
Answered by Will Quince
Air ambulances are not directly funded by the National Health Service. However, the Government has provided significant and sustained support to the sector. In 2019, the Department launched a three year capital grant programme which allocated £10 million to nine air ambulance charities across England, of which London’s Air Ambulance Charity and Barts Health NHS Trust received £1,393,552.
In addition, the Department provided £6 million of COVID-19 emergency funding to all 21 air ambulance charities across the United Kingdom, to ensure that each charity could continue to provide their life-saving services during the pandemic. London’s Air Ambulance Charity received £252,500 of this funding.
There are no current plans to provide further funding to the sector which operates through a longstanding and successful charitable model.
Asked by: Theresa Villiers (Conservative - Chipping Barnet)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to provide funding for the London Air Ambulance to purchase two new helicopters.
Answered by Will Quince
Air ambulances are not directly funded by the National Health Service. However, the Government has provided significant and sustained support to the sector. In 2019, the Department launched a three year capital grant programme which allocated £10 million to nine air ambulance charities across England, of which London’s Air Ambulance Charity and Barts Health NHS Trust received £1,393,552.
In addition, the Department provided £6 million of COVID-19 emergency funding to all 21 air ambulance charities across the United Kingdom, to ensure that each charity could continue to provide their life-saving services during the pandemic. London’s Air Ambulance Charity received £252,500 of this funding.
There are no current plans to provide further funding to the sector which operates through a longstanding and successful charitable model.
Asked by: John McDonnell (Labour - Hayes and Harlington)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has previously supported air ambulance charities with targeted funding support; and if he will provide funding specifically targeted at air ambulance charities.
Answered by Will Quince
Air ambulances are not directly funded by the National Health Service. However, the Government has provided significant and sustained support to the sector. In 2019, the Department launched a three year capital grant programme which allocated £10 million to nine air ambulance charities across England, of which London’s Air Ambulance Charity and Barts Health NHS Trust received £1,393,552.
In addition, the Department provided £6 million of COVID-19 emergency funding to all 21 air ambulance charities across the United Kingdom, to ensure that each charity could continue to provide their life-saving services during the pandemic. London’s Air Ambulance Charity received £252,500 of this funding.
There are no current plans to provide further funding to the sector which operates through a longstanding and successful charitable model.
Mar. 28 2024
Source Page: AAIB Annual Safety Review 2023Found: vehicle being developed for urban air mobility.
Jan. 31 2008
Source Page: Aviation duty: a consultation paper. 92 p.Found: 3 per cent of all UK commercial air traffic movements.