United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 131170
Power Failures: Emergency Calls
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28 February 2022
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8 March 2022 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to make the 105 power cut phone number the same status as 999 to enable free emergency calls to that number from any mobile phone network.
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28 February 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to make the 105 power cut phone number the same status as 999 to enable free emergency calls to that number from any mobile phone network.
Source: Commons
8 March 2022
Answer
Giving the “105” number a similar status as the 999/112 Public Emergency Call Service number would require a change to primary legislation - most likely to the Communications Act (2003) - which would require thorough consultation with Industry, Ofcom, and...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-02-28/131170
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1436814
- uk · wq-1436814 · source updated 8 March 2022