Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 83246

Government Digital Service: Internet

Tabled: 20 October 2025
Answered: 29 October 2025

Question

Sir John Hayes

Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what measures the Government Digital Service has in place to continue to run critical services in the event of a major internet outage.

Answer

Ian Murray
The Government Digital Service (GDS) builds resilient critical services by operating these across multiple locations or dispersed geographies.This underlying redundancy reduces the chance of a major outage impacting service availability.  GDS uses third-p...
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