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Written question asked by Rosie Cooper (Labour) on Monday, 8 July 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 11 July 2019 (named day). It was answered by Nick Hurd (Conservative) on Thursday, 11 July 2019 on behalf of the Home Office.

Lancashire Police: Emergency Services Network

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an estimate of the additional costs incurred by Lancashire Constabulary due to the delay in the roll-out of the Emergency Services Network critical communications system.

Answer

The new Emergency Services Network (ESN) is the next-generation critical communications system that allows the police, fire and rescue and ambulance services to operate safely, collaborate and innovate. ESN represents value for money for the taxpayer through delivering steady state savings of over £200m pa compared to Airwave.

The delay in rolling out ESN means that we will continue to pay for Airwave for longer, at current rates. Local forces will continue to have to pay some Airwave charges as well as for commercial broadband services. There will also continue to be some costs for supporting transition teams. We do not have precise figures for these local costs.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
274477
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Costs Lancashire Constabulary Emergency services network
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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