Request ID: FOI-4697-2324 Date published: 22 April 2024
You asked
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 I request the following information:
1) Please tell me for the calendar years a) 2013, b) 2014, c) 2015, d) 2016, e) 2017, f) 2018, g) 2019, h) 2020, i) 2021, j) 2022, k) 2023, how many times did you record criminal damage as having occurred to an automated external defibrillator (AED) at your stations?
2) For the same time periods, please tell me how many thefts of AEDs were recorded?
3) For the same time periods, how many times have defibrillators been used in your stations?
4) For the same time periods, how many AEDs have been replaced as a result of vandalism or thefts of AEDs?
5) Have AEDs been moved from station platforms to behind ticket desks or into ticket offices as a consequence of vandalism or thefts of AEDs? If this is the case, in which stations has this been the case?
We answered
Our Ref: FOI-4697-2324
Thank you for your request received on 25 March 2024 asking for information about automated external defibrillators (AEDs).
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and our information access policy. I can confirm that we hold some of the information you require. You asked:
1. Please tell me for the calendar years a) 2013, b) 2014, c) 2015, d) 2016, e) 2017, f) 2018, g) 2019, h) 2020, i) 2021, j) 2022, k) 2023, how many times did you record criminal damage as having occurred to an automated external defibrillator (AED) at your stations?
Please see the requested information in the table below:
2013
Information not held
2014
0
2015
1
2016
0
2017
0
2018
0
2019
0
2020
0
2021
1
2022
0
2023
0
2. For the same time periods, please tell me how many thefts of AEDs were recorded?
Please see the requested information in the table below:
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Osterley - 20.07
Bow Road - 04.04
NIL
Chalfont Latimer - 14.08
Bow Road - 05.09
Golders Green - 17.10
Earl's Court - 01.07
Lancaster Gate - 16.10
Euston Platform 3/Platform 4 - 26.02
Tottenham Court Road - 21.12
Leytonstone - 02.03
Waterloo - 28.12
Bow Road - 06.12
Knightsbridge - 03.03
Sudbury Hill - 18.07
Whitechapel - 11.12
East Finchley - 15.03
Piccadilly - 30.05
Loughton - 02.04
Upton Park - 01.09
Oxford Circus - 29.02
Neasden - 25.10
Woodford - 01.09
Oxford Circus - April 2015
Woodford - 22.04
Southfields - 05.03
Victoria - 23.09
West Ham - 05.03
Newbury Park - 17.10
Please note that the defibrillator involved in the incident at Newbury Park in October 2023 was subsequently returned.
3. For the same time periods, how many times have defibrillators been used in your stations both on site and of site? Please note a defib being removed from the cabinet and being rescue ready for an incident is counted as a usage.
Please see the requested information in the table below:
2013
Information not held
2014
10
2015
24
2016
39
2017
38
2018
32
2019
43
2020
15
2021
37
2022
41
2023
58
4. For the same time periods, how many AEDs have been replaced as a result of vandalism or thefts of AEDs?
All stolen AEDs were replaced.
5. Have AEDs been moved from station platforms to behind ticket desks or into ticket offices as a consequence of vandalism or thefts of AEDs? If this is the case, in which stations has this been the case?
All London Underground AEDs are PAD (public access defibrillators) so should be in unlocked cabinets fully accessible to all, including the public. In instances where there has been a theft or stations with high anti-social behaviour, and/or stations that are not required to be staffed, the AED is sometimes kept in the control room or station office. In these instances, a notice is placed in the empty cabinet window. We do not hold information on which stations this has occurred.
Please note that the above information relates solely to AEDS in London Underground stations.
If this is not the information you are looking for please do not hesitate to contact me.
Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.
Yours sincerely
Gemma Jacob Senior FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
