Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of ambulance response times in the West Midlands Ambulance Service.

Ambulance response times data is collected and published monthly, including at a trust level, and is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ambulance-quality-indicators/

The most recent National Health Service performance figures for the West Midlands Ambulance service shows that on average in February 2026, Category 2 incidents were responded to in 20 minutes and 42 seconds.