Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce NHS ambulance waiting times in England.

Ambulance trusts receive continuous central monitoring and support from NHS England and NHS Improvement’s National Ambulance Coordination Centre. NHS England and NHS Improvement have allocated an additional £150 million in 2022/23, supporting improvements to response times through additional call handler recruitment, retention and other funding pressures.