Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many contracts Arriva holds for patient transport services; and what area each such contract covers.

This information is not held centrally.

Patient transport services (PTS) are commissioned by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). A range of different providers may provide PTS - for example, the local NHS ambulance trust, independent sector providers, or a combination of providers.

Decisions about patient transport services are a local matter and it remains up to CCGs to decide how these services are managed. It is important that CCGs have the flexibility to provide and tailor patient transport service provision for their registered population.