Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 87586

Mobile Phones: Outages

Tabled: 3 November 2025
Answered: 11 November 2025
Named Day

Question

Josh Fenton-Glynn

LabourCalder Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she plans to extend Ofcom’s Automatic Compensation Scheme to cover prolonged mobile network outages.

Answer

Kanishka Narayan
Telecoms consumers should rightly expect to have access to reliable and affordable connectivity no matter where they live, work or travel.We have engaged with providers to ensure customers are eligible for compensation and are assessing options to proacti...

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