{"value":{"id":1648874,"askingMemberId":4518,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2023-06-29T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2023-07-03T00:00:00","uin":"191847","questionText":"To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse was of the Emergency alert test on 23 April 2023; and whether a value-for-money analysis was carried out.","answeringBodyId":53,"answeringBodyName":"Cabinet Office","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4507,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2023-07-07T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Government’s number one job is to keep people safe. Emergency Alerts are a critical new tool in the Government’s toolkit for warning and informing people where their lives are at risk.</p><p>The total cost to date of developing the technical architecture and systems that underpin the emergency alert system, in addition to the first three years of operational delivery, will be a maximum of £25.3 million.</p><p>All the contracts were established using the civil service public procurement policy. The tender process was therefore subject to a legal framework which encountered free and open competition and value for money, in line with internationally and nationally agreed obligations and regulations.</p><p>The capability is currently within a trial period, which will review its use in the live and exercise environment. Any assessments of value for money will be carried out on completion of this.</p><p> </p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Emergencies: Mobile Phones","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1648874","method":"GET"}]}