Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will continue to facilitate the use of Airwave until the emergency services have confirmed that the emergency services network has been rigorously tested.

The Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme (ESMCP) remains committed to providing the Emergency Service users the time they need to transition safely to the Emergency Service Network (ESN) and are working on the assumption of a continuing need for a 27 month user transition period once mobilisation has been completed.

The Government is very clear that there will be no risks taken with public safety and there will be no gap in the emergency services’ communications provision.