Amazon Web Services: Outages
Commons · Question 84723 · Tabled 23 Oct 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she had made of the potential impact of the Amazon Web Services outage in October 2025 on the economy.
Answer
Answered by Lucy Rigby, 31 Oct 2025
HM Treasury has a comprehensive framework for the assessment and management of current and potential risks to the economy, including those posed by digital infrastructure disruptions. The framework involves systematic monitoring through internal risk moni...