{"value":{"id":1920892,"askingMemberId":5403,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2026-06-26T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2026-06-30T00:00:00","uin":"13749","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many ambulance handover delays exceeding one hour occurred in England in each of the last five years.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4444,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2026-07-02T00:00:00","answerText":"

Ambulance handover data is collected and published monthly. It is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ambulance-quality-indicators/ambulance-quality-indicators-data-2021-22/

Publication of handover data began in October 2023.

We have introduced a maximum 45-minute standard for ambulance handovers through the Urgent and Emergency Care Plan 2025/26, supported by the Medium Term Planning Framework for 2026/27 to 2028/29. This ensures patients are transferred to hospital care more quickly and frees up ambulance crews for urgent calls.

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