Question follow-through · 120578

Digital Service Providers: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of levels of competition in the UK cloud infrastructure market; and what implications that assessment has for investment in UK cloud and AI infra

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
12 Mar 2026
Target answer date
16 Mar 2026
Answer
7 Apr 2026 · 26 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of levels of competition in the UK cloud infrastructure market; and what implications that assessment has for investment in UK cloud and AI infra

  2. 16 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The Government prioritised the commencement of the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) new powers in digital markets last year to boost competition and fairness in the digital tech sector. Although the CMA operates independently of Government, the G...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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