FOI 25-517 Blue Light Vehicles
Freedom of Information Request
- Reference
- FOI 25-517 Blue Light Vehicles
- Request Date
- 11 Nov 2025
- Response Date
- 19 Nov 2025
- Information Requested
Please can you kindly provide the following information for your trust broken down per year for the last 5 years.
- Please confirm the number of ambulances acquired by the trust split into blue light emergency vehicles and non-emergency patient transport vehicles.
- Please can you confirm if you have a Length of Life policy on your front-line vehicles broken down into blue light emergency vehicles and non-emergency patient transport vehicles.
- Please confirm how you determine the end of life of vehicles when removing from service.
- Please confirm the job title of the person who is responsible for the acquisition of new vehicles.
- Broken down into blue light emergency vehicles and non-emergency patient transport vehicles, please confirm the number of vehicles anticipated to be acquired in 2026.
- Response
- Please confirm the number of ambulances acquired by the trust split into blue light emergency vehicles and non-emergency patient transport vehicles.
We have applied section 25 of the Freedom of Information Scotland Act 2002 as information that is already available. A full fleet is available on the Scottish Ambulance Service website - Frequently Asked Questions
- Please can you confirm if you have a Length of Life policy on your front-line vehicles broken down into blue light emergency vehicles and non-emergency patient transport vehicles.
The Scottish Ambulance Service has an asset life aligned to depreciation which is normally 7 years for blue light emergency vehicles and 10 years for non-emergency transport vehicles. This may be adjusted aligned to the individual role of a vehicle.
- Please confirm how you determine the end of life of vehicles when removing from service.
End of life is determined by vehicle age, condition, mileage and cost of maintenance.
- Please confirm the job title of the person who is responsible for the acquisition of new vehicles.
General Manager – Fleet Services aligned to the Fleet Replacement Business case, with governance through the Capital Planning & Investment Group and the National Vehicle Design and Equipment Group.
- Broken down into blue light emergency vehicles and non-emergency patient transport vehicles, please confirm the number of vehicles anticipated to be acquired in 2026.
- We have applied section 25 of the Freedom of Information Scotland Act 2002 as information readily available. - This is published on our public facing site - Business Cases
