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Schools: Adrenaline Auto-injectors

Asked by Mr Andrew SnowdenConservativeDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 20 October 2025UIN 79102

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in England hold spare EpiPens for emergency use under the Human Medicines (Amendment) Regulations 2017; and what steps her Department is taking to encourage greater uptake.

Answered by Georgia Gould

The department does not hold the data requested.We are working with the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England to consider how we might extend the availability of adrenaline auto-injectors in schools.

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