Question follow-through · 29008
Emergencies: Mobile Phones
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what her Department's policy is on choosing whether to issue an Emergency Alert nationally or to target a specific geographical location; and whether she plans to enhance the system's proportionality and precisi
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 10 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 30 Sept 2026 · 20 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what her Department's policy is on choosing whether to issue an Emergency Alert nationally or to target a specific geographical location; and whether she plans to enhance the system's proportionality and precisi
14 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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30 Sept 2026
Answer published
Emergency Alerts in the UK will be sent where there is a risk to life in a defined area and the public must take immediate action. In the case of the recent activation regarding wildfires this was requested by the National Fire Chiefs Council, and the Ale...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
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