Question follow-through · 80347
Defibrillators
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has considered requiring the installation of public access defibrillators in new housing developments as part of (a) planning guidance and (b) building reg
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 10 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 20 Oct 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
- Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 · 8 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
10 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has considered requiring the installation of public access defibrillators in new housing developments as part of (a) planning guidance and (b) building reg
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Government recognises the importance of improving access to automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in public spaces.We have no current plans to require the installation of public access defibrillators in new housing developments through planning gui...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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