Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the £10 million air ambulance capital fund has been awarded to air ambulance charities after the bidding process.
As part of the Autumn 2018 Budget, £10 million capital funding was allocated for air ambulance services in England. A call for bids for charities to apply for funding was launched by the Department and 14 applications were received. Nine applications were successful, and these air ambulance charities will receive a share of £10 million funding as per the table below:
Charity | Amount |
East Anglian Air Ambulance | £790,313 |
Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust | £1,397,700 |
London's Air Ambulance | £1,393,552 |
Essex and Herts Air Ambulance Trust | £1,500,000 |
Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charitable Trust | £1,818,200 |
Great Western Air Ambulance Charity | £267,659 |
Devon Air Ambulance Trust | £226,061 |
MAGPAS Air Ambulance | £1,340,493 |
Midlands Air Ambulance Charity | £1,266,022 |