Question follow-through · 110903
Airwave Service: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Airwave network coverage for emergency service delivery in rural areas.
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
- 4 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 9 Feb 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Airwave network coverage for emergency service delivery in rural areas.
9 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Feb 2026
Answer published
The cost to the taxpayers of Great Britain for Airwave is as follows:2021/22 £293.66m2022/23 £318.55m2023/24 £197.01m2024/25 £153.48mAs the financial accounts for 2025/26 have not been finalised or audited yet, we cannot provide expenditure for that perio...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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