Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 108848

Schools: Defibrillators

Tabled: 27 January 2026
Answered: 4 February 2026

Question

Shivani Raja

ConservativeLeicester East

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has considered requiring state-funded schools with defibrillators to make those devices publicly accessible where it is safe and practicable to do so.

Answer

Josh MacAlister
The department’s defibrillator programme provided over 20,000 defibrillators to state-funded schools in England, ensuring that all schools have access to a device.Schools are best placed to make decisions on community access based on their individual circ...

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