questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled Plan to toughen protections for subsea internet cables amid heightened Russian activity, published on 29 May 2026, how many incidents involving damage to subsea telecommunications cables connected to the UK have been recorded in each of the last ten years.
answerText: Data on faults affecting subsea telecommunications cables connected to the UK is held by industry operators and collated by international bodies, including the International Cable Protection Committee, whose data the Department accesses.The majority of fa...
heading: Telecommunications Cables: Seas and Oceans