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To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his department has made of the potential impact of homecare telecommunications in the event of a power cut.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his department has made of the potential impact of homecare telecommunications in the event of a power cut.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the economic impact of recurring NATS air traffic control outages on key regional infrastructure, including Edinburgh Airport; and what statutory measures she plans to introduce to enforce higher operational redundancy standards on NATS to safeguard...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the economic impact of recurring NATS air traffic control outages on key regional infrastructure, including Edinburgh Airport; and what statutory measures she plans to introduce to enforce higher operational redundancy standards on NATS to safeguard...
When the power fails, the electricity supplier provides generators; when the water fails, the supplier provides water; but when the data switches off, silence. My community of Bloxworth went without for over a week before Openreach even bothered to reach out. They could not access their GPs or important business...
When the power fails, the electricity supplier provides generators; when the water fails, the supplier provides water; but when the data switches off, silence. My community of Bloxworth went without for over a week before Openreach even bothered to reach out. They could not access their GPs or important business...
I hope that Openreach has heard what the hon. Lady has said. I agree absolutely on the importance of data in our modern lives. The Government take the matter very seriously, as they do the matter of resilience, and they are doing some in-depth work on how we can improve...
I hope that Openreach has heard what the hon. Lady has said. I agree absolutely on the importance of data in our modern lives. The Government take the matter very seriously, as they do the matter of resilience, and they are doing some in-depth work on how we can improve...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contingency arrangements are in place to maintain police communications in the event of a failure of the Emergency Services Network or wider telecommunications infrastructure.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contingency arrangements are in place to maintain police communications in the event of a failure of the Emergency Services Network or wider telecommunications infrastructure.
The Emergency Services Network (ESN) is designed as a mission-critical communications service, with resilience built into its end-to-end architecture, governance and operational arrangements. It will provide police and other emergency services with priority and pre-emption over ordinary commercial mobile traffic, helping to maintain emergency communications during periods of network congestion or major incidents.
ESN has contracted for high levels of service availability and is working with delivery partners and cross-government resilience forums to ensure that ESN can withstand and recover from incidents affecting power, telecommunications and other supporting infrastructure.
Where telecommunications capacity is reduced, ESN users will be prioritised over commercial users. ESN resilience planning also includes enhanced coverage, resilient transmission, use of satellite connectivity for some remote sites, deployable coverage where appropriate, and contingency planning for severe weather and power disruption, including the deployment of at least 2000 additional generators for power outages. If, despite these measures, ESN coverage is unavailable in a particular area, users will be able to communicate using Tetra Direct Mode Operation, which does not rely on network coverage.
The Home Office has undertaken, and will continue to undertake, testing and risk assessment as ESN is developed and implemented. For security and operational reasons, it would not be appropriate to disclose detailed contingency arrangements or specific technical mitigations.
Additionally, individual police forces and emergency service organisations also maintain their own business continuity and disaster recovery arrangements for scenarios affecting communications infrastructure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when her Department last conducted a risk assessment of the ability of data centres designated as Critical National Infrastructure to continue operating during a sustained cyberattack.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when her Department last conducted a risk assessment of the ability of data centres designated as Critical National Infrastructure to continue operating during a sustained cyberattack.
The Government keeps risks to Critical National Infrastructure, of which data centres are a part, under continuous review through the National Risk Register process and extensive engagement with industry. As the department responsible for data infrastructure, DSIT also conducts rolling assessments of the risk of a cyber-attack to data centres. This is supplemented by DSIT’s ongoing engagement with the sector to continuously test the capabilities of data centres against known threats, including cyber attacks. DSIT’s assessments consider the potential disruption, compromise or denial of essential services resulting from a successful cyber attack on data infrastructure, and inform national resilience planning assumptions.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of how the public will receive critical information in the event of widespread and prolonged broadband or power outages.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of how the public will receive critical information in the event of widespread and prolonged broadband or power outages.
There are plans in place for the public to receive critical information in both of these scenarios. This includes the use of both BBC Radio 2 and Radio 4 which will continue to broadcast key advice to the public.
In a prolonged broadband outage there are other ways to send critical information, such as emergency alerts, which do not require broadband connection to function.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department last conducted a resilience test of public service broadcasting infrastructure against the scenario of a national telecommunications network failure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department last conducted a resilience test of public service broadcasting infrastructure against the scenario of a national telecommunications network failure.
The Government understands how important it is that everyone can access information in times of national emergency. Television and radio both play an important role in providing such access in a range of different emergency scenarios, including scenarios where other communications may be disrupted.
The BBC has specific requirements under its Framework Agreement in relation to broadcast security and resilience, and works closely with DCMS in ensuring its infrastructure is able to support emergency communications.
Detailed planning and preparations for a range of risks in the National Risk Register is an operational matter for the BBC. The BBC has informed DCMS that there are robust plans and procedures in place, which are tested regularly, for maintaining resilient communications to the public via its TV and radio broadcast networks including live tests of its broadcast systems.
Lords motion to consider. Agreed to on question.
Lords motion to consider. Agreed to on question.
My Lords, these draft regulations were laid before the House on 14 May. This instrument seeks to make technical improvements and changes to the capacity market, the Government’s main tool for ensuring security of electricity supply in Great Britain. Before I turn to the provisions in detail, I will outline...
My Lords, these draft regulations were laid before the House on 14 May. This instrument seeks to make technical improvements and changes to the capacity market, the Government’s main tool for ensuring security of electricity supply in Great Britain. Before I turn to the provisions in detail, I will outline...
My Lords, I thank the Minister for the clarity with which the instrument was introduced. The capacity market has served us well, and we welcome this examination and updating of its functionality so that it can continue to do so long into the future.
From these Benches, the Liberal Democrats have...
My Lords, I thank the Minister for the clarity with which the instrument was introduced. The capacity market has served us well, and we welcome this examination and updating of its functionality so that it can continue to do so long into the future.
From these Benches, the Liberal Democrats have...
My Lords, I declare my interests as chair of Amey, an infrastructure and support service company in the UK, Acteon, a global subsea engineering company with interests in offshore wind and oil and gas production facilities, and Buckthorn Partners, which invests in energy transition companies.
I am grateful to the Minister...
My Lords, I declare my interests as chair of Amey, an infrastructure and support service company in the UK, Acteon, a global subsea engineering company with interests in offshore wind and oil and gas production facilities, and Buckthorn Partners, which invests in energy transition companies.
I am grateful to the Minister...
I thank noble Lords for their important contributions to this debate. As I had slightly anticipated, the very specialist nature of elements of these regulations has been somewhat expanded on in the questions that have come forward in this afternoon’s debate. As I am sure the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan,...
I thank noble Lords for their important contributions to this debate. As I had slightly anticipated, the very specialist nature of elements of these regulations has been somewhat expanded on in the questions that have come forward in this afternoon’s debate. As I am sure the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for her Department's policies of the outage of Baidu self-driving cars in Wuhan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for her Department's policies of the outage of Baidu self-driving cars in Wuhan.
Trials of automated vehicles must be undertaken in line with the requirements set out in the Automated Vehicle Trialling Code of Practice. Trialling organisations must have a safety driver monitoring both the road traffic environment and vehicle systems so that they may resume proper control if necessary.
The Code should be used by trialling organisations in conjunction with detailed knowledge of the legal, regulatory and technological landscape, ensuring they are compliant with all relevant UK law.
To trial vehicles without a safety driver, companies must obtain an exemption from existing regulations through a Vehicle Special Order. And in order to operate a passenger carrying service, companies are also expected to obtain an Automated Passenger Services permit.
Should a company submit an application to operate a without a safety driver, the Department would conduct an extensive safety and security assessment which would include scrutiny of operational resilience and data management.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve real-time communications with passengers at periods of significant service outage on the East Coast Mainline.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve real-time communications with passengers at periods of significant service outage on the East Coast Mainline.
LNER has been developing AI and data proof of concepts to provide improved live disruption updates to customers. If successful, the plan is to begin building the tools for customers from Summer 2026.
Lords statement on the disruption of water supplies throughout the area served by South East Water during the spring recess.
Lords statement on the disruption of water supplies throughout the area served by South East Water during the spring recess.
My Lords, climate experts are predicting that a super El Niño this autumn could lead to 2027 being the hottest year on record. We know this today, so what exactly are the Government
doing now to prepare the country in advance and avoid the disruption to water supplies as seen...
My Lords, climate experts are predicting that a super El Niño this autumn could lead to 2027 being the hottest year on record. We know this today, so what exactly are the Government
doing now to prepare the country in advance and avoid the disruption to water supplies as seen...
The Government established the Water Delivery Taskforce last spring to ensure that we have sufficient water supplies and wastewater capacity to support the Government’s ambitions and the country as a whole. Having sufficient water supply is absolutely critical for the country, and is something that we are taking very seriously....
The Government established the Water Delivery Taskforce last spring to ensure that we have sufficient water supplies and wastewater capacity to support the Government’s ambitions and the country as a whole. Having sufficient water supply is absolutely critical for the country, and is something that we are taking very seriously....
At what critical point of failure are the Government willing to act in the interests of customers in the South East Water area, who have been failed time and again? Will the Government now urgently consider a different model from the previous Government—one which rejects shareholder profit being placed above...
At what critical point of failure are the Government willing to act in the interests of customers in the South East Water area, who have been failed time and again? Will the Government now urgently consider a different model from the previous Government—one which rejects shareholder profit being placed above...