Question follow-through · 127251
Police: Defibrillators
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of equipping all police cars with defibrillators.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 14 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 27 Apr 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of equipping all police cars with defibrillators.
16 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Apr 2026
Answer published
Provision of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) in police vehicles is currently an operational matter for police forces to decide at local level. I have had several meetings on the value of equipping all police cars with defibrillators and I am care...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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