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Question follow-through · 108148

Telecommunications: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department plans to request that Ofcom introduces new mandates for telecom resilience requirements, including adequate on-site, built-in resilience measures, particularly ba

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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

Answering body
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
23 Jan 2026
Target answer date
27 Jan 2026
Answer
2 Feb 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department plans to request that Ofcom introduces new mandates for telecom resilience requirements, including adequate on-site, built-in resilience measures, particularly ba

  2. 27 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave on 21 January 2026 to Question UINs 104628, 104629, and 104630.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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