Written question asked by Victoria Collins (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 16 July 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 21 July 2025. It was answered by Diana Johnson (Labour) on Thursday, 24 July 2025 on behalf of the Home Office.
Defibrillators: Emergency Services
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of increasing the proportion of (a) police, (b) fire and (c) other emergency service vehicles that are fitted with defibrillators.
- Answer
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The Department for Health and Social Care has confirmed that all ambulances carry defibrillators. Provision of defibrillators in police and fire vehicles is an operational matter for either the individual police force or fire and rescue service to determine at local level.
The Home Office recently purchased over 500 defibrillators to distribute to police forces free of charge and for them to deploy according to their local knowledge. We continue to work to explore what more could be done to increase availability of defibrillators more generally where this is within the remit of the Home Office, including through our ongoing engagement with the OurJay Foundation.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 68568
- Session
- 2024-26
- Subjects
- Emergency services Vehicles Defibrillators
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- 2025-09-06 00:10:48 +0100
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