Question follow-through · 10179

5G: Emergency Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology on the potential merits of the adoption of standalone 5G for the emergency services.

answeredHome Office

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 21 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 24 Oct 2024
Answer: 24 Oct 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

21 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology on the potential merits of the adoption of standalone 5G for the emergency services.
24 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Oct 2024
Answer published
DSIT and the Home Office work closely on the technical requirements for commercial mobile coverage. ESN will operate over a commercial mobile network based on technology designed to evolve and improve alongside consumer technologies.Currently 4G offers be...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Home Office: Paternity Leave

21 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department offers paternity leave to its staff from their first working day.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Tools: Theft

3 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on reducing tool theft.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Tools: Theft

3 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of tool theft on (a) tradespeople and (b) small businesses.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

National Insurance Contributions: India

6 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people hold a visa that would make them eligible for an exemption from paying UK National Insurance contributions under the Double Contribution Convention with India.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

National Insurance Contributions: India

6 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which visa categories would be eligible for an exemption from paying National Insurance contributions in the UK under the Double Contribution Convention with India.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

National Insurance Contributions: India

6 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of visas that would be eligible for exemptions from paying National Insurance contributions in the UK under the Double Contribution Convention with India that

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Visas: India

7 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the median salary provided at application by Indian nationals issued with a Senior or Specialist Worker visa (Global Business Mobility) was in (a) 2023 and (b) 2024.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Visas: India

7 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the mean salary provided at application by Indian nationals issued with a Senior or Specialist Worker visa (Global Business Mobility) was in (a) 2023 and (b) 2024.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: Housing

23 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers housed contingency accommodation in Horsham District are adult males not accompanied by family members; and what proportion of contingency accommodation locations in Horsham Di

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Members: Correspondence

23 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to correspondence of (a) 2 December 2025, (b) 2 January 2026 and (c) 20 January 2026 from the hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp

12 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which elected members of Wealden District Council her Department has met with in relation to the proposed use of Crowborough Training Camp.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp

12 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether planning permission for the use of the Crowborough Training Camp for asylum accommodation provides for occupation for a minimum period of (a) 12 and (b) 18 months.