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 DeardenGovernment 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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