Written Question·Scotland Office·UIN 85081

Scotland Office: Internet

Tabled: 27 October 2025

Answered: 29 October 2025

Question

Sir John Hayes

Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that critical services continue to run in the event of a major internet outage.

Answer

Kirsty McNeill

Government 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, Inno...

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