| Heading: |
Broadband: Power Failures |
| Question ID: |
1791657 |
| UIN: |
43570 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-02 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4630 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Ben Lake
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| Asking Member handle: |
BenMLake
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@BenMLake
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has had recent discussions with Ofcom on increasing the four-hour minimum time requirement for power backup during power outages in the broadband phone network. |
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true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-08 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
1446 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Chris Bryant
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Chris Bryant
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| Answer text: |
Communication providers have statutory responsibilities to take appropriate and proportionate steps to provide resilient networks and services. Ofcom published guidance in September 2024 on the measures that providers can take to meet those responsibiliti... |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |