Petition · past parliament

Make it compulsory for all educational settings to have a Defibrillator on site.

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

Make it compulsory for all schools, colleges and universities in the UK to have a Defibrillator on site.
241 school children die every year from cardiac arrests.
Less than 1 in 10 will survive an out of hospital cardiac arrest in the UK.
Survival rate is currently 5% but if a defibrillator is used within the first 10 minutes this rate increases to 75%.
It is currently not required for educational establishments to keep a defibrillator on the premises.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

17 Jun 2021 Petition opened for signatures
18 Jun 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11
Status Rejected
Rejected 18 Jun 2021

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.