Question follow-through · 84777
Amazon Web Services: Outages
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what government services faced disruption as a result of the Amazon Web Services outage on Monday 20 October; and what assessment her Department plans to make of the cost to the economy
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 23 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 29 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 29 Oct 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what government services faced disruption as a result of the Amazon Web Services outage on Monday 20 October; and what assessment her Department plans to make of the cost to the economy
29 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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29 Oct 2025
Answer published
Many government departments use AWS services, and we are aware that the Home Office, DVLA, DWP and HMRC all experienced impacts as a result of the outage on Monday 20 October.The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) is working with bot...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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