Emergencies: Mobile Phones
Commons · Question 73630 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Cabinet Office · Official record
Answered 23 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
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
Answer
Answered by Dan Jarvis, 23 Sep 2025
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...