Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 8 February 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many automated external defibrillators have been purchased via the NHS supply chain for (a) schools (b) academies (c) sixth-form and further education colleges (d) independent schools (e) maintained nursery schools (f) pre-school establishments (g) independent nurseries (h) playgroups (i) holiday and out-of-school providers (j) local authorities and (k) parent associations.
The information is contained in the table below. The figures cover all purchases made via the Defibrillators for Schools programme since it started in November 2014 through to 31 January 2018.
The categorisation is based on information provided by the schools or by research conducted by NHS Supply Chain.
Education Sector | Number of Defibrillators purchased |
Schools | 1,930 |
Academies | 433 |
6th Form | 91 |
36 | |
Nursery Schools | 82 |
Preschool | 0 |
Independent Nurseries | 30 |
Playgroups | 7 |
Holiday Providers | 4 |
111 | |
Parent Associations | 0 |
Total | 2,724 |
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