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Mr. Wiggin
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on ambulance services. [116542]
Mr. Lammy
The ambulance service in England has made real progress. Compared with 1997, trusts are responding more quickly to a significantly larger number of calls. Ambulances are better equipped and paramedics are better trained. The service still faces challenges, but with support and investment it will continue to succeed. The national average for category A response times has been over 75 per cent. since March 2003.