Written questions

Asthma: Schools

Commons · Question 65195 · Tabled 4 Jul 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 17 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Ayoub Khan

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2025 to Question 62446 on Schools: Asthma, what steps his Department is taking to increase the (a) purchase of and (b) storage for emergency inhalers in schools.

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 17 Jul 2025

The department does not hold data on emergency inhalers in schools.Under section 100 of the Children and Families Act 2014, maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units must make arrangements for supporting pupils with medical conditions. School...