Question follow-through · 28544
Mobile Phones: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the resilience of mobile networks during power outages in rural communities.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 9 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 16 Sept 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the resilience of mobile networks during power outages in rural communities.
11 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Government recognises the importance of networks being as reliable as possible so that people can access the modern digital economy, communications providers have statutory responsibilities to take appropriate and proportionate measures to maintain th...
Official data retrieved 25 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with UNESCO on support for World Heritage Sites in Scotland, including New Lanark.
Tourism: South Lanarkshire
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with VisitBritain on promoting New Lanark to overseas visitors.
Project Gigabit: Hamilton and Clyde Valley
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) households and (b) businesses in Hamilton and Clyde Valley constituency that will receive gigabit-capable broadband through Project Gigabit.