Alistair Carmichael – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alistair Carmichael on 2016-03-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on the tendering process for masts for the Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme’s Extended Areas Services project.

Mike Penning

There has been constant engagement between officials in the Home Office led Emergency Service Mobile Communications Programme (ESMCP) and the Department of Culture, Media and Sport regarding the new Emergency Services Network (ESN), specifically the Programme’s Extended Areas Services (EAS) project, and DCMS’ Mobile Infrastructure Programme (MIP).