Amazon Web Services: Outages
Lords · Question HL11169 · Tabled 21 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Lord Birt
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will review the impact of the failure of supply by Amazon Web Services and identify how best to ensure the future resilience of essential national services.
Answer
Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra, 4 Nov 2025
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) is already working with departments to assess the high-level impacts of the outage, and will use the data gathered to inform future resilience plans for essential national services.Government is...