Written Question·Treasury·UIN 84723

Amazon Web Services: Outages

Tabled: 23 October 2025

Answered: 31 October 2025

Question

Martin Wrigley

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she had made of the potential impact of the Amazon Web Services outage in October 2025 on the economy.

Answer

Lucy Rigby

HM Treasury has a comprehensive framework for the assessment and management of current and potential risks to the economy, including those posed by digital infrastructure disruptions. The framework involves systematic monitoring through internal risk moni...

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