United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 73629
Emergencies: Mobile Phones
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29 August 2025
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8 September 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, 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 out
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29 August 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, 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 out
Source: Commons
8 September 2025
Answer
The Emergency Alerts capability relies 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 appropriate ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-08-29/73629
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1830386
- uk · wq-1830386 · source updated 8 September 2025