Emergencies: Mobile Phones
Commons · Question 76563 · Tabled 11 Sep 2025 · Cabinet Office · Official record
Answered 8 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Yasmin Qureshi
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of emergency alerts being displayed in the language that the recipient's phone is set to.
Answer
Answered by Dan Jarvis, 8 Oct 2025
The Emergency Alert system is a UK Government capability that allows time critical life saving information to be broadcast to phones within a certain area. English is the primary language Emergency Alerts are sent in. This is to ensure standardisation in ...