Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 18290
Government Departments: Digital Service Providers
Tabled: 13 July 2026
Answered: 20 July 2026
Question
Gordon McKee
Labour — Glasgow South
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential operational and national-security risks arising from government departments deploying a small number of cloud-service providers.
Answer
Kanishka NarayanThe State of Digital Government Review, published in January 2025, highlighted that concentrating workloads on a limited number of suppliers creates systemic concentration risks. The National Risk Register 2026, published on 14 July, further identifies di...
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