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Telecommunications Cables: Seas and Oceans |
| Question ID: |
1812731 |
| UIN: |
59936 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-13 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5186 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Bradley Thomas
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| Asking Member handle: |
BradleyThomasUK
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@BradleyThomasUK
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the resilience of the UK’s digital economy in the event of disruption to undersea data cables. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-23 |
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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 Twitter reference: |
Chris Bryant
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| Answer text: |
The Government recognises the critical role of undersea data cables in the UK’s digital economy. Individual subsea cables can be vulnerable to disruption. There is an average of 12 breaks a year from fishing, anchor drag, landslides and other causes. Most... |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |