Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 119997

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, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to public sector bodies of limited competition in the UK cloud infrastructure market.

Answer

Kanishka Narayan
In July last year, the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) cloud market investigation identified a number of potential competition concerns with clear negative impacts for UK businesses, consumers and the public sector. The CMA recommended that its ...

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