Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to make the 105 power cut phone number the same status as 999 to enable free emergency calls to that number from any mobile phone network.

Giving the “105” number a similar status as the 999/112 Public Emergency Call Service number would require a change to primary legislation - most likely to the Communications Act (2003) - which would require thorough consultation with Industry, Ofcom, and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.