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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to increase to availability of (a) defibrillators and (b) other first aid equipment (i) across England and (ii) within Romford constituency.

Asked by
Andrew Rosindell (Reform UK)
Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
17 July 2026
Reference
17970
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the availability of replacement batteries for defibrillators.

Asked by
Alex Mayer (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Type
Written questions
Status
Tabled
Date
16 July 2026
Reference
19610
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase defibrillator training in schools in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.

Asked by
John Hayes (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Education
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 July 2026
Reference
14776
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which train companies install defibrillators on trains for i) DFT Operator Ltd managed Train Operating Companies (TOCs), and ii) DFT franchised TOCs.

Asked by
John McDonnell (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
8 July 2026
Reference
15667
House
House of Commons

Motion that this House has considered defibrillators in police vehicles. Agreed to on question.

Lead member
Steve Darling
Answering member
Sarah Jones
Department
Home Office
Type
Debates
Date
8 July 2026
Reference
789 cc149-154WH
House
House of Commons

I beg to move,

That this House has considered defibrillators in police vehicles.

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir John. I am delighted to have secured this debate on defibrillators in the back of police vehicles. I have been pushing for this for some time, and it is...

Member
Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
8 July 2026
Reference
789 c149WH
House
House of Commons

My hon. Friend is making a fantastic speech. Does he agree that as well as defibrillators, there should be bleed kits in the back of police cars? Yeovil town council has introduced bleed kits across the town, as well as defibrillators. Does he agree that we need both in police...

Member
Adam Dance (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
8 July 2026
Reference
789 c149WH
House
House of Commons

I have raised that very issue with Devon and Cornwall constabulary. Following an awful incident, a grieving mother is trying to ensure that we have stab kits across the United Kingdom. As I am sure my hon. Friend has done, I have corresponded with Avon and Somerset police on this...

Member
Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
8 July 2026
Reference
789 c149WH
House
House of Commons

I commend the hon. Gentleman for securing this debate. By equipping every police vehicle with a device, such as the CU Medical iPAD SP1 or the Defibtech Lifeline AUTO, we will expand our chain of survival on the roads. Our police officers are trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Does the hon....

Member
Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
8 July 2026
Reference
789 c150WH
House
House of Commons

The hon. Member makes a valuable point. Resuscitation Council UK highlights that if there is an intervention within three to five minutes, the chances of survival are between 50% and 70%. It really is all about timing and how we can significantly impact that.

A survey that the all-party parliamentary group...

Member
Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
8 July 2026
Reference
789 c150WH
House
House of Commons

The hon. Member is giving an impassioned speech. I share his sadness about the loss of Jay, whom he mentioned in his opening remarks.

In my constituency we did a defib dash, where I encouraged constituents to understand where their nearest community defibrillator was. The average return journey was 12 minutes...

Member
Amanda Hack (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
8 July 2026
Reference
789 c150WH
House
House of Commons

The police are so often the first on the scene. It ends up being a postcode lottery, whether it is because of communities are rural, coastal or more deprived. I say to the Minister that by getting defibrillators in the back of police response vehicles, we will remove some of...

Member
Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
8 July 2026
Reference
789 cc150-1WH
House
House of Commons

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir John. I congratulate the hon. Member for Torbay (Steve Darling) on securing this important debate. I am grateful to him for doing so, and to other Members for contributing. I know that if this had been a wider debate, other...

Member
Sarah Jones (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
8 July 2026
Reference
789 cc151-2WH
House
House of Commons

I thank the Minister for allowing me to quiz her further. Can she expand on that point? Is the pushback from the National Police Chiefs’ Council, from lower levels within policing or from Government Ministers? Anyone can use a defibrillator, because it walks them through it. This is not about...

Member
Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
8 July 2026
Reference
789 c152WH
House
House of Commons

It is not a comprehensive view across policing; there is a general concern about the role of policing versus other emergency services. We often have a wider debate within policing about the huge quantity of time that is spent responding to mental health issues, when other services should be doing...

Member
Sarah Jones (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
8 July 2026
Reference
789 c152WH
House
House of Commons

I know timescales are tricky, but can the Minister provide some rough timescales on the different steps? I understand that the new national police force and procurement are a bit more distant, but can she tell us what timescales she is working to, at least on the first steps she...

Member
Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
8 July 2026
Reference
789 c153WH
House
House of Commons

We will engage with policing over the next few months, so that will be done relatively quickly, and we will see what people come back with.

The national police service is not that far away. We will hopefully introduce legislation in September to set it up, and there are things that...

Member
Sarah Jones (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
8 July 2026
Reference
789 c153WH
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what role publicly accessible defibrillators play in his Department's work on community resilience and emergency preparedness.

Asked by
Anna Gelderd (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
1 July 2026
Reference
10527
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what consideration he has given to exempting externally mounted defibrillators from planning and listed buildings regulations.

Asked by
Neil Duncan-Jordan (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
30 June 2026
Reference
11876
House
House of Commons
Type
House of Commons papers; Select Committee written evidence; Parliamentary committees
Committee
Transport Committee
Date
30 June 2026
Reference
HC 81 2026-27
House
House of Commons