Question follow-through · 22519
Emergencies: Mobile Phones
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse was of planning, executing and reviewing the recent Emergency Alert regarding wildfires by department, mobile network operator and third-party contractors.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 21 Sept 2026 · 24 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse was of planning, executing and reviewing the recent Emergency Alert regarding wildfires by department, mobile network operator and third-party contractors.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Sept 2026
Answer published
The planning and activation of the Emergency Alert capability on 14 August was issued at no cost to the taxpayer.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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