Question follow-through · 58579

Parliamentary Estate: ICT

To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment the Commission has made of the reasons for the frequency of recent interruptions to online services on the Parliamentary estate.

answeredHouse of Commons Commission

About this written question

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Answering body
House of Commons Commission
Tabled
10 Jun 2025
Target answer date
13 Jun 2025
Answer
13 Jun 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment the Commission has made of the reasons for the frequency of recent interruptions to online services on the Parliamentary estate.

  2. 13 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The recent interruption to network services was caused by a problem with the way Parliament-issued devices, such as laptops, connect to our network; this prevented users from accessing the corporate wi-fi network. During this period, users were advised of...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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