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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of the proposed National Police Service and its procurement functions establishing a national minimum standard for the provision of automated external defibrillators in operational police response vehicles.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of the proposed National Police Service and its procurement functions establishing a national minimum standard for the provision of automated external defibrillators in operational police response vehicles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with teaching unions and relevant education bodies on expanding and standardising CPR and automated external defibrillator training in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with teaching unions and relevant education bodies on expanding and standardising CPR and automated external defibrillator training in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration she has given to introducing consistent and monitored training standards for school staff alongside the nationwide provision of defibrillators to schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration she has given to introducing consistent and monitored training standards for school staff alongside the nationwide provision of defibrillators to schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps is she taking to ensure that CPR and defibrillator training is delivered consistently across schools in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps is she taking to ensure that CPR and defibrillator training is delivered consistently across schools in England.
All state-funded schools in England are required to teach first aid as part of the mandatory relationships, sex and health education curriculum. This includes basic first aid for primary school children, for example dealing with common injuries, such as head injuries. Pupils in secondary schools are taught further first aid, for example how to administer CPR and the purpose of defibrillators and when one might be needed. Schools retain flexibility over how to deliver first aid teaching, including whether to use external organisations or practical demonstrations, provided teaching is age-appropriate and suitable for pupils.
The department’s defibrillator programme provided over 20,000 devices to eligible schools and was the largest distribution of defibrillators to date. Defibrillators are designed to be simple and safe to use. No prior training is required and they talk the user through step-by-step instructions at the point of use. As part of the rollout, the department provided awareness videos showing how simple defibrillators are to use and encouraged schools to share these in staff meetings and assemblies, where appropriate.
We continue to work with the British Heart Foundation to encourage schools to register their defibrillators on the national defibrillator network, The Circuit. This allows local ambulance services to see where defibrillators are, including any access arrangements. We are pleased to see that since the department’s rollout, the number of schools with at least one device registered on The Circuit has increased from 14% to 70%.
The department does not hold information on the accessibility of school defibrillators outside normal school hours. Schools are best placed to make decisions on access arrangements for their devices, based on individual circumstances.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the accessibility of defibrillators provided to schools outside normal school hours.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the accessibility of defibrillators provided to schools outside normal school hours.
All state-funded schools in England are required to teach first aid as part of the mandatory relationships, sex and health education curriculum. This includes basic first aid for primary school children, for example dealing with common injuries, such as head injuries. Pupils in secondary schools are taught further first aid, for example how to administer CPR and the purpose of defibrillators and when one might be needed. Schools retain flexibility over how to deliver first aid teaching, including whether to use external organisations or practical demonstrations, provided teaching is age-appropriate and suitable for pupils.
The department’s defibrillator programme provided over 20,000 devices to eligible schools and was the largest distribution of defibrillators to date. Defibrillators are designed to be simple and safe to use. No prior training is required and they talk the user through step-by-step instructions at the point of use. As part of the rollout, the department provided awareness videos showing how simple defibrillators are to use and encouraged schools to share these in staff meetings and assemblies, where appropriate.
We continue to work with the British Heart Foundation to encourage schools to register their defibrillators on the national defibrillator network, The Circuit. This allows local ambulance services to see where defibrillators are, including any access arrangements. We are pleased to see that since the department’s rollout, the number of schools with at least one device registered on The Circuit has increased from 14% to 70%.
The department does not hold information on the accessibility of school defibrillators outside normal school hours. Schools are best placed to make decisions on access arrangements for their devices, based on individual circumstances.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of availability of automated external defibrillators to police officers attending suspected cardiac arrests.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of availability of automated external defibrillators to police officers attending suspected cardiac arrests.
The Home Office recognises the important role police officers can play when they are first on the scene of a medical emergency, including suspected cardiac arrests. Police officers are trained to provide emergency first aid and CPR until specialist medical assistance arrives. However, the procurement and deployment of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for police vehicles is an operational matter for individual chief officers and police forces.
The Department is aware that the availability of AEDs varies between forces and that there is currently no central source of data on the number of defibrillators carried in police vehicles. The Home Office has therefore been reviewing current provision across forces and engaging with policing partners to better understand existing arrangements, operational benefits and implementation considerations.
Any assessment of wider deployment must consider factors including operational need, vehicle type, officer training, maintenance requirements and costs. Further work with policing, health and other emergency service partners is being undertaken to inform future policy considerations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will legislate to require defibrillators in all new-build housing and commercial developments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will legislate to require defibrillators in all new-build housing and commercial developments.
I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 80347 on 20 October 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to increase the proportion of public access defibrillators that are available to the public at all times.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to increase the proportion of public access defibrillators that are available to the public at all times.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of public access defibrillator provision in a) Basildon and b) Thurrock relative to population size.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of public access defibrillator provision in a) Basildon and b) Thurrock relative to population size.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans she has to work with a) local authorities and b) ambulance services to identify communities with insufficient access to public access defibrillators.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans she has to work with a) local authorities and b) ambulance services to identify communities with insufficient access to public access defibrillators.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of storing public access defibrillators in unlocked external cabinets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of storing public access defibrillators in unlocked external cabinets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans she has to issue guidance encouraging organisations to install public access defibrillators in externally accessible cabinets that are available at all times.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans she has to issue guidance encouraging organisations to install public access defibrillators in externally accessible cabinets that are available at all times.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of maintenance and replacement costs, including batteries and pads, on the long-term availability of community automated external defibrillators.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of maintenance and replacement costs, including batteries and pads, on the long-term availability of community automated external defibrillators.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase the proportion of public-access automated external defibrillators that are accessible 24 hours a day.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase the proportion of public-access automated external defibrillators that are accessible 24 hours a day.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of removing VAT from the purchase of automated external defibrillators including the affordability and availability of such devices in rural communities across Wales and the UK.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of removing VAT from the purchase of automated external defibrillators including the affordability and availability of such devices in rural communities across Wales and the UK.
The Chancellor makes decisions on tax policy at fiscal events, and does not routinely comment on proposals
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 17 September 2026 to Question (UIN 28962), what evidence his Department holds on the extent to which reductions in VAT are passed on to consumers (a) in general and (b) specifically for automated external defibrillators; and whether...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 17 September 2026 to Question (UIN 28962), what evidence his Department holds on the extent to which reductions in VAT are passed on to consumers (a) in general and (b) specifically for automated external defibrillators; and whether...
The Chancellor makes decisions on tax policy at fiscal events, and does not routinely comment on proposals
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the number of publicly available defibrillators that are unavailable outside the opening hours of the buildings in which they are located.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the number of publicly available defibrillators that are unavailable outside the opening hours of the buildings in which they are located.
That this House expresses alignment with the APPG for Defibrillators' recommendation that all emergency vehicles should be fitted with defibrillators; notes concern that only 1 in 11 police cars carry automated external defibrillators (AEDs), and some forces have coverage of less than 1.5% of vehicles; recognises that police officers are often among the first emergency responders at incidents of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), particularly in rural areas, at road traffic accidents, public cardiac arrests, and domestic incidents; further notes that Resuscitation Council UK highlights that defibrillation within three to five minutes of collapse can produce survival rates of 50-70%, significantly above the UK OHCA survival rate; also notes that 27% of the most deprived areas have a public-access defibrillator compared with 45% of the most affluent areas; believes that consistent AED provision in police response vehicles could help to reduce inequalities in access and improve the effectiveness of OHCA response; and calls on the Government, in light of the Minister for Policing and Crime’s comments during the Westminster Hall debate on 8 July 2026, to use the establishment of the National Police Service and its national procurement functions to introduce a national minimum standard for AEDs in operational police response vehicles.
That this House expresses alignment with the APPG for Defibrillators' recommendation that all emergency vehicles should be fitted with defibrillators; notes concern that only 1 in 11 police cars carry automated external defibrillators (AEDs), and some forces have coverage of less than 1.5% of vehicles; recognises that police officers are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential benefits of increasing the use of rechargeable batteries in automated external defibrillators; and what consideration he has given to the cost to individuals and organisations of replacing non-rechargeable defibrillator batteries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential benefits of increasing the use of rechargeable batteries in automated external defibrillators; and what consideration he has given to the cost to individuals and organisations of replacing non-rechargeable defibrillator batteries.
The Government’s position is that local communities are best placed to make decisions about procuring, locating, and maintaining their automated external defibrillators.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of legislating for mandatory registration of newly installed public-access defibrillators on The Circuit database.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of legislating for mandatory registration of newly installed public-access defibrillators on The Circuit database.
Further to the answer of 17 July to Question 17975, the UK National Screening Committee is now considering responses to the consultation exercise, and will set out its conclusions in the usual way in due course.
On the issue of defibrillator access, I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 13 April in response to Question 123969.