Question follow-through · 107585
Schools: Defibrillators
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to help ensure that defibrillators which have reached the end of their operational life will in state-funded schools in England will be replaced and funded by her Department.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 21 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 26 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 30 Jan 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to help ensure that defibrillators which have reached the end of their operational life will in state-funded schools in England will be replaced and funded by her Department.
26 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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30 Jan 2026
Answer published
In 2023, the department provided over 20,000 defibrillators to state-funded schools in England. The programme aimed to ‘plug the gaps’ in existing provision to ensure that all schools have access to a device.Defibrillators provided by the department are f...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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