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Digital Service Providers: Competition

Asked by Mr Joshua ReynoldsLiberal DemocratDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 19 March 2026UIN 120576

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential (a) implications for his Department's policies and (b) investment in UK digital infrastructure of recent survey evidence on barriers to competition in the UK cloud market.

Answered by Kate Dearden

There are currently no plans to undertake such an assessment. The Competition and Markets Authority’s cloud services market investigation examined the state of competition in the market. The Government remains committed to supporting investment in high‑quality, secure and resilient digital infrastructure across the UK.

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