The home office is leading a pan departmental cross government programme to deliver the new emergency services network esn critical communications system.
Home office emergency services network. The emergency services network esn is on track to deliver an ambitious world leading digital communications network for the emergency services. The emergency services network will be the new communication system used by the 3 emergency services and other public safety users in the uk. The emergency services will begin benefiting from their new mobile based communications network in the new year following the home office s decision to roll the project out in phases. This will replace the current airwave.
The financial benefits originally predicted for this programme are rapidly evaporating and it will not now realise cost savings on the most optimistic forecasts for at least a decade. The emergency services network esn which is supposed to replace the existing airwave system will cost 9 3bn and will not be in service until after 2022 according to the national audit office. In the above document you will find more information. Progress delivering the emergency services network summary 7 figure 2 shows how the emergency services network programme costs are shared 6 by 2017 the home office realised that its plan for delivering esn was not achievable.
Uk home office sheds 70 staff on delayed 4g upgrade to emergency services network perm sec declines to confirm if review will be published as planned next month. The home office sent us the following statement. The home office was publicly reporting delays of nine months and the committee of.