Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 62446
Schools: Asthma
Tabled: 24 June 2025
Answered: 2 July 2025
Question
Ayoub Khan
Independent — Birmingham Perry Barr
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential benefits of requiring schools to hold emergency asthma inhalers.
Answer
Catherine McKinnellSchools are permitted to buy salbutamol inhalers, without a prescription, for use in emergencies. An emergency salbutamol inhaler should only be used by children who have either been diagnosed with asthma and prescribed an inhaler, or who have been prescr...
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