Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 83739

Department for Business and Trade: Internet

Tabled: 21 October 2025
Answered: 29 October 2025

Question

Sir John Hayes

Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that critical services continue to run in the event of a major internet outage.

Answer

Kate Dearden
Government has a robust set of policies in place to ensure there are well-defined and tested incident management processes in place, and to ensure continuity of essential functions in the event of system or service failure. The Department for Science, Inn...
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