Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 119993

Digital Service Providers: Competition

Tabled: 11 March 2026
Answered: 20 March 2026

Question

Julia Lopez

ConservativeHornchurch and Upminster

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has assessed the potential merits of regulatory intervention in the UK cloud market; and what steps she is taking to help reduce barriers to competition in that m

Answer

Kanishka Narayan
In July last year, the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) cloud market investigation identified a number of potential competition concerns. The CMA recommended that its Board consider prioritising a future Strategic Market Status (SMS) investigatio...

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