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UIN 73630

Emergencies: Mobile Phones

answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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29 August 2025

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23 September 2025 · Answer

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23 September 2025

Summary

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, 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 outages and (ii) network cong

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  1. 29 August 2025

    Written question

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, 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 outages and (ii) network cong

    Source: Commons

  2. 23 September 2025

    Answer

    The Emergency Alerts capability is reliant 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 appropri...

    Source: Written answer

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