Question follow-through · 83726
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what measures her Department has in place to run critical services in the event of a major internet outage.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 21 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 11 Nov 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what measures her Department has in place to run critical services in the event of a major internet outage.
23 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has established business continuity and IT service continuity arrangements to sustain critical services during severe disruption, including a major internet outage. For security reasons, the department does...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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