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Schools: Defibrillators

Asked by Andrew GwynneIndependentDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 3 July 2025UIN 62562

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department holds information on the number of times that defibrillators installed in state-funded schools were used in the last year.

Answered by Stephen Morgan

Since January 2023, defibrillators provided by the department and installed in state-funded schools have been available for use and deployed in over 12,000 emergency situations where there has been a suspected cardiac arrest.

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