Question follow-through · 21234
Supply Chains: Refrigeration
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support the cold chain sector with (a) resilience and (b) preparedness for potential disruption as a result of (i) heat waves, (ii) power loss and (iii) cyberatta
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 18 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 6 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 9 Jan 2025 · 22 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support the cold chain sector with (a) resilience and (b) preparedness for potential disruption as a result of (i) heat waves, (ii) power loss and (iii) cyberatta
6 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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9 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) works with other departments and industry to proactively mitigate the risks and impacts of unplanned power outages, cyber-attacks, and severe weather events like heatwaves, through ongoing horizon-scanning, data...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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