Question follow-through · 22518
Emergencies: Mobile Phones
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what maintenance and licensing fees are paid to mobile network operators and technical providers for the infrastructure powering the Emergency Alert system.
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
- 11 Sept 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what maintenance and licensing fees are paid to mobile network operators and technical providers for the infrastructure powering the Emergency Alert system.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Cabinet Office is committed to delivering value for money to the public. There is no additional or marginal cost of issuing a nationwide Emergency Alert; the most recent activation of the Emergency Alert capability on 14 August was issued at no cost t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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