diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-deploy.yml
index 9ceb135..a26becd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-deploy.yml
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       max-parallel: 1
       matrix:
-        environment: [development, qa, preproduction]
+        environment: [development, qa, preproduction, production]
 
     steps:
     - name: Deploy app to ${{ matrix.environment }}
diff --git a/terraform/application/.terraform.lock.hcl b/terraform/application/.terraform.lock.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57c2b1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform/application/.terraform.lock.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+# This file is maintained automatically by "terraform init".
+# Manual edits may be lost in future updates.
+
+provider "registry.terraform.io/eppo/environment" {
+  version     = "1.3.5"
+  constraints = "1.3.5"
+  hashes = [
+    "h1:J0rtl6GrLyBKYz6PQ5BXsyYfjHbgMEoAHEQQ3u0vPBc=",
+    "zh:00e7a6bf7f0f09cc4871d7f4fee2c943ce61c05b9802365a97703d6c2e63e3dc",
+    "zh:018d92e621177d053ed5c32e8220efa8c019852c4d60cc7539683bac28470d9b",
+    "zh:12ca5162286b80b7f46bd013ae2007641132d201af12bc6adb872f9a0ff85b7a",
+    "zh:2991085432bd4dc718aadfb37b2cdb6201ef73a8a0e5661411f46d9ec782e678",
+    "zh:2a8f6801266f89b816ebfdb441411e53f4cf1e0278e853715fb561946ad5a575",
+    "zh:8783a8dc846d3e71b38ca470066f506dde8040f149402f0d348e5dca7f012909",
+    "zh:8bc8f61e496e96c81c46e1aa59bf2155b6acc80db1ea462f2ddd665748fcda7f",
+    "zh:95fb102fecceb3a5b44dbe9fbe262494a0abdb6805addf1286c5d92cd4b0f779",
+    "zh:a158837ec561c161d3c47068e30bca341e5e4c7abff7fa72b9522438b85af4ac",
+    "zh:a738a7b2e953ee8059f9e68d48ae954175d001a5480f29e22d717bee9fd93f7f",
+    "zh:bac4b3a38eed35c91269cd008ad88862f47be99474de85e9a2efcce6564e0c24",
+    "zh:cd56a12eef3515fa5a5845d550be2f67989c8e65563e8fa9f5060666c0728a7c",
+    "zh:e3e895bc8b557b36bfa03f251df429aa0fba068f4c7ef0ed6ac551b7cba9ff86",
+    "zh:e959a9e826e3c33242bf4492ee12e5f8be023cf2461702c43d1833c4a8516232",
+    "zh:f41d9d60b205e6d536881e4af7bb9fc85ae90858bfddf695f95fbd68e01e0ad3",
+  ]
+}
+
+provider "registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/azurerm" {
+  version     = "4.61.0"
+  constraints = "4.61.0"
+  hashes = [
+    "h1:n0vta9qQda3XHIg0jB9BGQ1PyJmSj3ade9hNvg7sLM8=",
+    "zh:314ce5459fd4a93aada8e99a2e2528d7df60f7145da0843d182a1d48f0c98a72",
+    "zh:428bf3b41b6310dcd5f410a4be24dbd8b4d003aa82c0ac31718a7d9004fdc30e",
+    "zh:46f8159dc46ff5675ea7c5ea952331b2109e605b32798739adfdb2f2e121a3f4",
+    "zh:5270f2a81c7f7d1b36283bb16f3ab17b4e01bf29c79dafb47f71859bee471a36",
+    "zh:78d5eefdd9e494defcb3c68d282b8f96630502cac21d1ea161f53cfe9bb483b3",
+    "zh:9c49059a3d88fc5c9eca4d2b6c925de201bedca387ab36c54c2e5998b921e4d6",
+    "zh:9e7d5df1d65b5f0338d866e1095649a85a259f0899d918237861d17ef1568bc5",
+    "zh:bb50d117d87b86c57f824893a8d4c931a73228a51d97a20b58060db78a2eb734",
+    "zh:c94a91baab1cbeaf0e9840dd08e6cda1ff4fbcb23fc8e15770b5737d697c6d2c",
+    "zh:d679632f7ba14aede25e632b5307891dbca2cac12f7a21406f4ea32698f5f980",
+    "zh:e171676dd8c7c1bdd35b3f35a5f9416918a7629fba9b3cbfa620b1987ad88f2e",
+    "zh:f7f37b4112d91a3fa245bd9e1a1f36269beb24a5c4e8edc8434024ef20eb66c9",
+  ]
+}
+
+provider "registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/kubernetes" {
+  version     = "2.32.0"
+  constraints = "2.32.0"
+  hashes = [
+    "h1:HqeU0sZBh+2loFYqPMFx7jJamNUPEykyqJ9+CkMCYE0=",
+    "zh:0e715d7fb13a8ad569a5fdc937b488590633f6942e986196fdb17cd7b8f7720e",
+    "zh:495fc23acfe508ed981e60af9a3758218b0967993065e10a297fdbc210874974",
+    "zh:4b930a8619910ef528bc90dae739cb4236b9b76ce41367281e3bc3cf586101c7",
+    "zh:5344405fde7b1febf0734052052268ee24e7220818155702907d9ece1c0697c7",
+    "zh:92ee11e8c23bbac3536df7b124456407f35c6c2468bc0dbab15c3fc9f414bd0e",
+    "zh:a45488fe8d5bb59c49380f398da5d109a4ac02ebc10824567dabb87f6102fda8",
+    "zh:a4a0b57cf719a4c91f642436882b7bea24d659c08a5b6f4214ce4fe6a0204caa",
+    "zh:b7a27a6d11ba956a2d7b0f7389a46ec857ebe46ae3aeee537250e66cac15bf03",
+    "zh:bf94ce389028b686bfa70a90f536e81bb776c5c20ab70138bbe5c3d0a04c4253",
+    "zh:d965b2608da0212e26a65a0b3f33c5baae46cbe839196be15d93f70061516908",
+    "zh:f441fc793d03057a17af8bdca8b26d54916645bc5c148f54e22a54ed39089e83",
+    "zh:f569b65999264a9416862bca5cd2a6177d94ccb0424f3a4ef424428912b9cb3c",
+  ]
+}
+
+provider "registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/random" {
+  version = "3.8.1"
+  hashes = [
+    "h1:Eexl06+6J+s75uD46+WnZtpJZYRVUMB0AiuPBifK6Jc=",
+    "zh:08dd03b918c7b55713026037c5400c48af5b9f468f483463321bd18e17b907b4",
+    "zh:0eee654a5542dc1d41920bbf2419032d6f0d5625b03bd81339e5b33394a3e0ae",
+    "zh:229665ddf060aa0ed315597908483eee5b818a17d09b6417a0f52fd9405c4f57",
+    "zh:2469d2e48f28076254a2a3fc327f184914566d9e40c5780b8d96ebf7205f8bc0",
+    "zh:37d7eb334d9561f335e748280f5535a384a88675af9a9eac439d4cfd663bcb66",
+    "zh:741101426a2f2c52dee37122f0f4a2f2d6af6d852cb1db634480a86398fa3511",
+    "zh:78d5eefdd9e494defcb3c68d282b8f96630502cac21d1ea161f53cfe9bb483b3",
+    "zh:a902473f08ef8df62cfe6116bd6c157070a93f66622384300de235a533e9d4a9",
+    "zh:b85c511a23e57a2147355932b3b6dce2a11e856b941165793a0c3d7578d94d05",
+    "zh:c5172226d18eaac95b1daac80172287b69d4ce32750c82ad77fa0768be4ea4b8",
+    "zh:dab4434dba34aad569b0bc243c2d3f3ff86dd7740def373f2a49816bd2ff819b",
+    "zh:f49fd62aa8c5525a5c17abd51e27ca5e213881d58882fd42fec4a545b53c9699",
+  ]
+}
+
+provider "registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/time" {
+  version = "0.13.1"
+  hashes = [
+    "h1:+W+DMrVoVnoXo3f3M4W+OpZbkCrUn6PnqDF33D2Cuf0=",
+    "zh:02cb9aab1002f0f2a94a4f85acec8893297dc75915f7404c165983f720a54b74",
+    "zh:04429b2b31a492d19e5ecf999b116d396dac0b24bba0d0fb19ecaefe193fdb8f",
+    "zh:26f8e51bb7c275c404ba6028c1b530312066009194db721a8427a7bc5cdbc83a",
+    "zh:772ff8dbdbef968651ab3ae76d04afd355c32f8a868d03244db3f8496e462690",
+    "zh:78d5eefdd9e494defcb3c68d282b8f96630502cac21d1ea161f53cfe9bb483b3",
+    "zh:898db5d2b6bd6ca5457dccb52eedbc7c5b1a71e4a4658381bcbb38cedbbda328",
+    "zh:8de913bf09a3fa7bedc29fec18c47c571d0c7a3d0644322c46f3aa648cf30cd8",
+    "zh:9402102c86a87bdfe7e501ffbb9c685c32bbcefcfcf897fd7d53df414c36877b",
+    "zh:b18b9bb1726bb8cfbefc0a29cf3657c82578001f514bcf4c079839b6776c47f0",
+    "zh:b9d31fdc4faecb909d7c5ce41d2479dd0536862a963df434be4b16e8e4edc94d",
+    "zh:c951e9f39cca3446c060bd63933ebb89cedde9523904813973fbc3d11863ba75",
+    "zh:e5b773c0d07e962291be0e9b413c7a22c044b8c7b58c76e8aa91d1659990dfb5",
+  ]
+}
+
+provider "registry.terraform.io/statuscakedev/statuscake" {
+  version     = "2.2.2"
+  constraints = "2.2.2"
+  hashes = [
+    "h1:OoqL/K/eNLahbfMwJvYZHo9kacafjtrJKhd6cLrubZ4=",
+    "zh:0916313344c579d6e05d70f88129a10fe48f7dabe0e61cad17874d6c496f288d",
+    "zh:0d491ff72c2eda6482855033ca2146c5ace1663d07cb3da7253b59ed2e2ec6f4",
+    "zh:11fffbce18eb3d3c283e877242f477e0c561342c19090240b60af7d948bd84ac",
+    "zh:1c3e89cf19118fc07d7b04257251fc9897e722c16e0a0df7b07fcd261f8c12e7",
+    "zh:1c6116092c59bc0010e147dc7832ae981d528f235cef563e5ae05a93ef8bac5c",
+    "zh:1f13a543b1d32cc1f1e3d2ed5ca83445f088787c335690fe20dee1203488a8bc",
+    "zh:23f55fd0714696c3863f892646a79a780cea1923c0c4d2b1064df735ba4156f5",
+    "zh:288fbb4431ac12014aa5aab10ee7166dfe71fd1158464e06e8a527aa4919e64e",
+    "zh:2a0746d3c8cdc7d0875df0f4605d81130e6da0ce6196d0f5f8661fe9191bc2ab",
+    "zh:31d660756abc53d252906fe1239fad58ecb6c1d0dbb087408a8af266be1f9ae4",
+    "zh:6765281d1b7efb41085c5375660b6c6b271babc5d09b2c030bec7176f7a7bfb6",
+    "zh:6d7204eadb667c1f2cab762a7a97234cf47452f0ecad680f5106c8fd02524c87",
+    "zh:b70a97b0eba471d683e23ce8744a5c67ef9952086e2d6f5825b72f32b6caff89",
+    "zh:df89ee4aaba88faea33d33384a36ea52588b5514644d335f724378a682d8d9da",
+    "zh:ffe2e1e7224ea5f4dd65b9eef45464e3124cfc824473b04e7af429f9177f2375",
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/terraform/application/application.tf b/terraform/application/application.tf
index 37690f9..07cae4f 100644
--- a/terraform/application/application.tf
+++ b/terraform/application/application.tf
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ module "web_application" {
   namespace    = var.namespace
   environment  = var.environment
   service_name = var.service_name
+  replicas     = var.replicas
 
   cluster_configuration_map  = module.cluster_data.configuration_map
   kubernetes_config_map_name = module.application_configuration.kubernetes_config_map_name
diff --git a/terraform/application/config/production.tfvars.json b/terraform/application/config/production.tfvars.json
index 8922647..7bc5ad2 100644
--- a/terraform/application/config/production.tfvars.json
+++ b/terraform/application/config/production.tfvars.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     "namespace": "schoolstandards-production",
     "enable_postgres_backup_storage" : true,
     "enable_monitoring": true,
+    "replicas": 0,
     "external_url": "https://check-performance-data.education.gov.uk/healthcheck",
     "apex_url": "https://check-performance-data.education.gov.uk",
     "statuscake_contact_groups": [282453]
diff --git a/terraform/application/variables.tf b/terraform/application/variables.tf
index fed85b8..689f291 100644
--- a/terraform/application/variables.tf
+++ b/terraform/application/variables.tf
@@ -82,5 +82,10 @@ locals {
 
 variable "enable_logit" { default = true }
 
+variable "replicas" {
+  default = 1
+  type = number
+}
+