Amazon Web Services: Outages
Commons · Question 84777 · Tabled 23 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Ben Spencer
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
Answer
Answered by Ian Murray, 29 Oct 2025
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...