Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage members of the public to undertake CPR and first aid training.

The Government encourages organisations across England to consider purchasing a defibrillator with first-aid equipment, particularly in locations where there are high concentrations of people. Many community defibrillators have since been provided in public locations through national lottery funding, community fundraising schemes, workplace funding or by charities

NHS England and NHS Improvement and St John Ambulance co-ordinate skills development to increase the use of Automated External Defibrillators by individuals in the community. This will include a national network of Community Advocates to champion the importance of first aid, training 60,000 people to save up to 4,000 lives each year by 2028.