Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the total value of outstanding funds owed to his Department by Ambulance Trusts.
A loan balance of £29 million is currently owed to the Department by ambulance trusts. The loan funding was used to fund capital expenditure or short term working capital.
The Department publishes data annually on financial assistance, including loans, provided to all trusts and foundations trusts, including ambulance trusts. The report for 2017-18 ‘Financial Assistance under Section 40 of the National Health Service Act 2006’ can be found at the following link: