Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 49172

Defibrillators: Entertainments and Tourist Attractions

Tabled: 29 April 2025

Answered: 7 May 2025

Named Day

Question

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of mandating the installation of defibrillators in all (a) visitor attractions and (b) entertainment venues in the UK that accommodat

Answer

Ashley Dalton

No assessment has been made and there are no plans to mandate the installation of defibrillators at such locations, in light of the rapid expansion of automated external defibrillators across the United Kingdom.There are now over 100,000 defibrillators in...

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