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Commons · Question 92210 · Tabled 18 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record

Answered 25 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Ben Spencer

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether (a) Government services and (b) critical national infrastructure faced disruption as a result of the Cloudflare outage on 18 November 2025; and what estimate her Department has

Answer

Answered by Kanishka Narayan, 25 Nov 2025

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is leading government’s response to the Cloudflare outage which occurred on Tuesday 19 November 2025. We understand that Cloudflare services were restored on Tuesday evening, and DSIT is engaging with ...