Freedom of Information Team
Department of Health and Social Care
39 Victoria Street
London SW1H 0EU
www.gov.uk/dhsc
Mr James Ascot
By email to
: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
17 April 2025
Dear Mr Ascot,
Freedom of Information Request Reference FOI-1599002
Thank you for your request dated 30 March to the Department of Health and Social Care
(DHSC), a copy of which can be found in the accompanying annex.
Your request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).
DHSC does not hold the information you have requested.
The Ambulance Auxiliary Contract is an NHS England contract, and we suggest that you
may wish to direct your request to NHS England. Details for submitting a request under the
FOIA to NHS England are at the following link
: NHS England » Freedom of Information Act
and Environmental Information Regulations
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complaint. Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Team
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx
Annex
From: James Ascot <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Sent: 30 March 2025 15:04
To: FreedomofInformation <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Ambulance Auxiliary Contract
Dear Department of Health and Social Care,
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please send a copy of the Ambulance Auxiliary Contract, which contracts St John
Ambulance to provide this service.
I would like this information to be provided to me in an electronic format. If it is not possible
to provide the information in electronic format, please let me know, and I will be happy to
receive it in another format.
If my request is denied in whole or in part, I request that you justify all deletions by
reference to specific exemptions of the Act.
Yours faithfully,
James Ascot
