Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 84777

Amazon Web Services: Outages

Tabled: 23 October 2025

Answered: 29 October 2025

Named Day

Question

Dr Ben Spencer

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what government services faced disruption as a result of the Amazon Web Services outage on Monday 20 October; and what assessment her Department plans to make of the cost to the economy

Answer

Ian Murray

Many government departments use AWS services, and we are aware that the Home Office, DVLA, DWP and HMRC all experienced impacts as a result of the outage on Monday 20 October.The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) is working with bot...

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