Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 16469

Telecommunications: Cybercrime

Tabled: 7 July 2026

Answered: 15 July 2026

Question

Mims Davies

Conservative — East Grinstead and Uckfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of how the UK’s communications infrastructure would perform in maintaining mass public communications in the event of a large-scale cyber-at

Answer

Kanishka Narayan

The Government works closely with communications providers, Ofcom, the energy sector and other partners to ensure the resilience and security of the UK's communications infrastructure. Communications providers are responsible for the resilience of their n...

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