Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 73630
Emergencies: Mobile Phones
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 23 September 2025
Question
Mr Andrew Snowden
Conservative — Fylde
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions his Department has had with mobile network operators on the (a) resilience and (b) reliability of mobile infrastructure to deliver emergency alerts during (i) power outages and (ii) network cong
Answer
Dan JarvisThe Emergency Alerts capability is reliant on mobile network operators’ infrastructure to issue alerts. Under the Communications Act 2003 and Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021, UK communications providers have a statutory requirement to take appropri...
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