Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of maintenance and replacement costs, including batteries and pads, on the long-term availability of community automated external defibrillators.

I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answers provided on 7 September in response to Question 19610, and on 24 June in response to Question 10525.