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date	28/03/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aircraft: Defibrillators
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many British people (a) suffered and (b) died as a result of cardiac arrests while on a plane in each of the last five years; and if he will assess the potential merits of introducing statutory proposals on ensuring the availability of defibrillators on planes after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Corri Wilson
uin	69448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not hold specific data relating to how many British people suffered, or died, as a result of cardiac arrests on-board aircraft. However cases of sudden cardiac arrest are very rare when compared to the number of passengers carried.</p><p> </p><p>The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is responsible for the regulations relating to equipment to be carried on aircraft operating in Europe and competent national authorities, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) being such a body in the UK, are responsible for oversight of the compliance. The EASA regulations do not require aircraft to carry defibrillators.</p><p> </p><p>Most UK operators, including all long-haul operators, already carry defibrillators.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is considering carefully all the potential implications arising for our aviation industry from the UK’s exit from the EU, including the implications for the continued participation in the EASA system.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 04/04/2017 13:21:23 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4448 label Biography information for Corri Wilson

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registered interest
date	27/03/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aircraft: Defibrillators
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to make the carriage of defibrillators compulsory on aeroplanes.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Corri Wilson
uin	69274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2017 answer text <p>The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is responsible for the regulations relating to equipment to be carried on aircraft operating in Europe and competent national authorities, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) being such a body in the UK, are responsible for oversight of the compliance. The EASA regulations do not require aircraft to carry defibrillators.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 04/04/2017 13:06:02 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4448 label Biography information for Corri Wilson