Oral Question·Cabinet Office
“What recent progress his Department has made on strengthening national resilience.”
Tabled: 16 October 2025Answered: 23 October 2025
Asked by
Alison Hume
Labour — Scarborough and Whitby
Answering Minister
the Minister for the Cabinet Office
Answer from Hansard
The Minister of State, Cabinet Office (Dan Jarvis)
In July the Government published the resilience action plan, which sets out our strategic vision for a stronger and more resilient United Kingdom. The Government also successfully carried out the second ever national drill of the emergency alert system last month. I am pleased to tell the House that the test reached 96% of cell masts across the country. That is a significant improvement on the first test in April 2023 and indicates that more people are receiving these critical alerts than ever before.