To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) mobile decontamination units and (b) personal protective equipment suits have been given to each Ambulance Service NHS Trust; and what representations he has received on the condition of this equipment. [122104]

The table shows the provision of mobile decontamination units and personal protective suits (PPE) to each national health service ambulance trust in England from the overall allocation to the NHS of £5 million in 2002–03.basis over a lifetime without causing any adverse health effects. For groups of additives having a similar biological mode of action, the ADI is set for the group as a whole, thereby taking account of possible interactions.