Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 76563

Emergencies: Mobile Phones

Tabled: 11 September 2025

Answered: 8 October 2025

Question

Yasmin Qureshi

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of emergency alerts being displayed in the language that the recipient's phone is set to.

Answer

Dan Jarvis

The Emergency Alert system is a UK Government capability that allows time critical life saving information to be broadcast to phones within a certain area. English is the primary language Emergency Alerts are sent in. This is to ensure standardisation in ...

ⓘ

This is an extract from the Parliament API. Search the full answer on Parliament.uk (UIN 76563) →