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Schools: Adrenaline Auto-injectors

Commons · Question 79102 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 20 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in England hold spare EpiPens for emergency use under the Human Medicines (Amendment) Regulations 2017; and what steps her Department is taking to encourage greater uptake.

Answer

Answered by Georgia Gould, 20 Oct 2025

The department does not hold the data requested.We are working with the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England to consider how we might extend the availability of adrenaline auto-injectors in schools.