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Written question asked by Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom (Conservative) on Monday, 11 June 2018, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 25 June 2018. It was answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford (Conservative) on Monday, 25 June 2018 on behalf of the Home Office.


Emergency Services Network

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 6 June (HL8104), what steps they intend to take to ensure the Emergency Services Network will continue to operate during a prolonged power outage.

Answer

The Airwave network would continue to operate in the event of a prolonged power outage. A significant proportion of Airwave sites were fitted with additional power resilience to ensure that sites could run for a minimum of 5 days on autonomous power.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL8482
Session
2017-19
Related items
5G
Wednesday, 6 June 2018
Written questions
House of Lords
Airwave Service
Monday, 23 July 2018
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects
Power failures Airwave service Emergency services network
Link
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