Emergencies: Telecommunications Systems

(asked on 16th April 2018) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many sites in the UK are connected to the High Integrity Telecommunications System.


Answered by
Lord Young of Cookham Portrait
Lord Young of Cookham
This question was answered on 30th April 2018

The High Integrity Telecommunications System (HITS) is a resilient communications solution providing a voice and data link to 47 fixed sites across the UK. It is intended to provide failsafe communications in times of national crisis, connecting local responders and the Devolved Administrations with COBR.

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