Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy paper entitled Delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency care services, published on 30 January 2023, what recent progress his Department has made on introducing 800 new ambulances.

All ambulance trusts have now placed their ambulance orders for delivery in the current year under existing contracts, and tenders have been received for the mental health ambulances which are being evaluated by NHS England.

In total, NHS England expect delivery in 2023/24 of:

- 628 dual crew ambulances;

- 154 lightweight ambulances;

- 40 mental health ambulances; and

- 11 electric ambulances.