Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 16468

Communication: Outages

Tabled: 7 July 2026

Answered: 14 July 2026

Question

Mims Davies

Conservative — East Grinstead and Uckfield

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of how the public will receive critical information in the event of widespread and prolonged broadband or power outages.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

There are plans in place for the public to receive critical information in both of these scenarios. This includes the use of both BBC Radio 2 and Radio 4 which will continue to broadcast key advice to the public. In a prolonged broadband outage there are ...

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