Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of railway stations are equipped with defibrillators in the South East.

The Department does not hold a central record of all stations that have been equipped with defibrillators (also called Automatic External Defibrillators or AEDs) but encourages Train Operating Companies to install AEDs at their stations where possible.

Progress has been made, with defibrillators installed at all 20 Network Rail managed stations, including all the main London stations such as Euston, Victoria, and Kings Cross. Train Operating Companies are also making progress in rolling out AEDs at the stations they manage, including in the south east. South Western Railways is expected to have equipped the majority of its stations by the end of 2023, and Great Western Railways is currently rolling out defibrillators across its network and will have 18 new locations equipped by the end of March. Southeastern and Govia Thameslink Railways have installed defibrillators at all the stations they manage.