To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of ambulances despatched responded within eight minutes of an emergency call in the east of England in each month since May 2005; and if he will make a statement. (244205)

Information on performance is published by the Information Centre in the annual statistical bulletin, ‘Ambulance Services, England’. Data by month are not available. The annual bulletins are available on the Information Centre for health and social care website at the following links:

‘Ambulance Services, England 2005-06’ is available at the following:

www.ic.nhs.uk/statistics-and-data-collections/audits-and-performance/ambulance/ambulance-services-england-2005-06

‘Ambulance Services, England 2006-07’ is available at the following:

www.ic.nhs.uk/statistics-and-data-collections/audits-and-performance/ambulance/ambulance-services-england-2006-07

‘Ambulance Services, England 2007-08’ is available at the following:

www.ic.nhs.uk/statistics-and-data-collections/audits-and-performance/ambulance/ambulance-services-england- 2007-08.