Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential benefits of increasing the use of rechargeable batteries in automated external defibrillators; and what consideration he has given to the cost to individuals and organisations of replacing non-rechargeable defibrillator batteries.

The Government’s position is that local communities are best placed to make decisions about procuring, locating, and maintaining their automated external defibrillators.