Question follow-through · 28962
Defibrillators: Finance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to (a) reinstate the Community Automated External Defibrillator Fund and (b) introduce VAT relief for community groups purchasing defibrillators.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 10 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 17 Sept 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to (a) reinstate the Community Automated External Defibrillator Fund and (b) introduce VAT relief for community groups purchasing defibrillators.
14 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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17 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) is responsible for funding decisions relating to local and community healthcare. Over 110,000 defibrillators are registered in the United Kingdom on The Circuit, the independent AED database. A key consider...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
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