Emergencies: Mobile Phones
Commons · Question 73629 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record
Answered 8 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
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
Answer
Answered by Ian Murray, 8 Sep 2025
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 ...