Question follow-through · 21390
Emergencies: Mobile Phones
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will outline the reasons for sending the wildfire emergency alert on Friday 14th August to phones across England and Wales, rather than only in high-risk 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
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will outline the reasons for sending the wildfire emergency alert on Friday 14th August to phones across England and Wales, rather than only in high-risk areas.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2026
Answer published
The request to issue the Emergency Alert came from the National Fire Chiefs Council, and the Alert content and broadcast area was coordinated between government and responding public bodies. The decision to send the Alert across England and Wales was take...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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