Department for Business and Trade written question – answered at on 29 October 2025.
John Hayes
Conservative, South Holland and The Deepings
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that critical services continue to run in the event of a major internet outage.
Kate Dearden
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Government has a robust set of policies in place to ensure there are well-defined and tested incident management processes in place, and to ensure continuity of essential functions in the event of system or service failure.
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology will publish the Government Cyber Action Plan this Winter, which will set out a clear approach for the Government and the Wider Public Sector to manage cyber security and resilience incidents.
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