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Ambulance Services: Vehicles

Asked by Phil BrickellLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 15 July 2025UIN 66358

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of decommissioned NHS ambulances donated to humanitarian charities over the past 12 months.

Answered by Karin Smyth

No such discussions have been held. Information on decommissioned National Health Service ambulances is not held. Decisions on how to appropriately decommission ambulances is taken at a local level by ambulance trusts.

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