Probably not - this is probbaly done to ensure apps are hosted correctly, and conform to specific security requirements while also being easy to deploy and maintain.
I doubt the UK government is interested in setting up competing infrastructure.
I doubt the UK government is interested in setting up competing infrastructure.
Having a consistent platform like this also gives them negotiating muscle because if they wanted to up sticks and move completely it is much more feasible.
Do they?
AWS's pricing may be eye watering in a few cases - looking at you egress - but one thing they definitely get right from my PoV is rarely if ever hiking prices
That means bill increases become costlier at scale as the volume discounts are not deep enough in a build vs buy on a pure cost basis (Lock-in, ease of use, reliability, talent reasons apart) at 100's of millions or billions spends governments do not to consider inhousing.