Written questions

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...